$33B cut does not a budget deal make
By JR Hoeft | Wednesday, March 30th, 2011 | Catch-AllIf Speaker of the House John Boehner is using $33 billion as an acceptable number for spending cuts, he’s at least $67 billion off.
I’ve been out of the country and have not had the chance to follow this as intently as I would like, but hopefully Majority Leader Eric Cantor from Virginia has put a line in the sand and outright rejects this “deal” that the Speaker has supposedly brokered.
I know the Majority Leader has said “no more” to Continuing Resolutions, but I hope that it is not with the intent on caving to Senate Democrats and the administration.
This is not what the American people demanded last November.
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Conservative to the core; liberal with his opinion! J.R. has been involved in politics for over a decade and has worked on several campaigns in Hampton Roads. He has served on the Executive Committee of the Republican Party of Chesapeake and the Central Committee of the Republican Party of Virginia. He is also the director of “Blogs United” in Virginia. E-mail J.R.. Follow J.R. on Twitter.
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16 Responses to "$33B cut does not a budget deal make"
Agreed. $33 billion off of a $1,600 billion problem is a slap in the face, to be very honest about it.
I would also agree. The one caveat is what is planned for the debt ceiling vote. If some major spending restraint policy is agreed to for the debt ceiling raise then I would be less concerned about the amount here. However I wasn’t born yesterday so I would be surprised that the Dems would concur with anything like that. Is this simply leftist disinformation or is it real? Barring something like a policy agreement the only acceptable compromise to me would be Dems and Repubs each getting 50% control over What is cut not the amount.
I hate to beat a dead horse, but $33 billion is better than zero, which us what the Democrats would rather do.
Here is an interesting exchange between Cantor and David Rogers of Politico. Maybe J.R. is right, after all. http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0311/Cantor_and_the_budget.html?showa
Shaun,
What, exactly, can the House GOP do about a budget that’s half over with most of the money already out the door? At this point, the fiscal year has six months left. The only way to balance this year’s budget is to shut everything down – including entitlements (which cannot be shut down unless with a new law) – and keep the lights off until October 1.
The key battle is the *FY12* budget. *That’s* the first chance we’ll get at seeing what the GOP can do.
No JR, what the American people voted for was jobs and getting the economy moving again.
The Republican plan doesn’t do that.
They’ve spent time try to redefine rape, worked to take away workers right and held a ceremonial vote on repealing health care…when do we get to the jobs? Because that’s what America cares about.
Good grief SV another relapse after some good posts. Everyone should notice that he utters not a peep about Obama and the Dems doing everything But jobs for 2 1/2 years
Brian you may too hasty because in DC sometimes 33 can be 73 although I’m not good at parsing doublespeak. See below.
Vice President Joe Biden said on Wednesday evening that House and Senate negotiators had reached a partial agreement and were now “working off the same number,” after the Appropriations chairmen in both chambers had agreed on $73 billion in total cuts from the spending levels proposed in President Obama’s fiscal 2011 budget proposal–or $33 billion from current levels. ????????
Budget Pharmacology
Way over in the corner,
Beset by fits and starts,
The trouble-makers loiter
And practice their black arts.
They just don’t keep their focus,
At least like you and I.
Their minds begin to wander;
Their thoughts go all awry.
When jolted by a crisis
They go into a state,
Unable to face problems
That make them concentrate.
Just take a look at Durbin
Whose thoughts have gone askew,
Ignoring our debt crisis
And lecturing on chew.
And how ’bout Charlie Schumer’s
Extremist conference call?
I’m worried ’bout that fellow;
He needs his Adderall.
Of course, there’s good old Harry
A Leader, sure as sin,
With poetry for cowboys:
Rush in the Ritalin!
And then we have odd Barney
The Bay State’s figurine,
Who’s introducing ENDA;
He’s out of Dexedrine.
We need the pharma lobby
To generate a pill,
That brings a little focus
To members on the Hill.
I know it’s hard to get there
For those with ADD,
But please just pass a budget,
That ends the spending spree!
Brian said “I hate to beat a dead horse, but $33 billion is better than zero, which us what the Democrats would rather do.” In the grand scheme of things, 33B is within the margin of zero.. a mere accounting error and proof that Eric Cantor, Boehner and the GOP leadership is a bunch of greedy bloody RINO’s! ERIC CANTOR IS ONE OF THE WORST! There, I said it. And I stand by my words.
Val: What posts of mine did you like? I’ll have to rethink those.
I didn’t need to say a word about Obama or the Dems, because the voters did that last fall. But the GOP is up to their same old, same old tricks and are ignoring what people put them there to do.
I think the republicans were about jobs until they got elected; now, it is clear they are about their extreme social agenda and continuing to protect low tax rates for the wealthy and protection for their corporate masters. Frankly, I am astounded that independents and middle class voters fell for their bait and switch, but worry they will do so again. Frankly, until the broad middle class realizes how they are being manipulated by the wealthy and their political minions, the social unity and integration of this nation is in jeopardy.
Mike didn’t Obama say on the campaign trail we didn’t need to be in two wars we couldn’t afford the cost ? Have you Democrats CHANGED the way you look at wars since Obama is in office ? We are now in three wars.Maybe we should have asked EXACTLY what Obama meant by CHANGE YOU CAN BELIEVE IN.
Sorry Red Baron, I thought this thread was about the proposed budget deal. Late today, it appears as if a deal for this FY is in the works. Now it is time to address the FY 12 budget, and begin to get back to the principles of pay go and dealing with the long term fiscal drivers that have been discussed in other threads. If we can resist extreme austerity measures that will hurt the recovery, and our GDP increases as a result, we can address social security, Medicare, defense, and new revenue required for investment in education and infrastructure.
They Republican Leadership really screwed this up. Instead of targeting programs they don’t like, they should have just cut 10-15% from everything (no exceptions!). Once they started targeting the EPA, Planed Parenthood, NEA, NPR, etc (like them or not) they brought this into an ideological battle not a fiscal debate.
And don’t get me started on Cantor, he is an embarrassment, especially after him looking like an idiot who doesn’t know the Constitution.
JR
Time to revive this thread. 37.7B or bust?!
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