tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post7128505096794226715..comments2024-03-08T05:08:55.233-05:00Comments on EYE ON MIAMI: The Skinny on the Boehner Budget: from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities ... by gimleteyeGeniusofdespairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01105559930040615945noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-51178322652472977172011-07-27T21:17:49.598-04:002011-07-27T21:17:49.598-04:00"House Speaker John Boehner’s new budget prop..."House Speaker John Boehner’s new budget proposal would essentially require, as the price of raising the debt ceiling again early next year, a choice between deep cuts in the years immediately ahead in Social Security and Medicare benefits for current retirees, repeal of health reform’s coverage expansions, or wholesale evisceration of entitlement programs for a large number of moochers.&Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-29841741623766351412011-07-27T14:14:43.089-04:002011-07-27T14:14:43.089-04:00You complain about FOX then post something from a ...You complain about FOX then post something from a lefty think tank?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-17593819240615738142011-07-27T13:46:08.081-04:002011-07-27T13:46:08.081-04:00This is from P.M. Carpenter. Can anyone honestly ...This is from P.M. Carpenter. Can anyone honestly disagree:<br /><br />Not since Abe Lincoln took office has a president's political opposition been so ruthlessly determined to oppose -- even to the point of national disloyalty, which is precisely what the GOP's treacherous machinations over the debt limit represent. It is futile to look back on Obama's first two years and speculate Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-52690701169967696892011-07-27T13:38:04.594-04:002011-07-27T13:38:04.594-04:00Fact: Allow all Bush tax cuts to expire, close ta...Fact: Allow all Bush tax cuts to expire, close tax give-aways to the corporate well-heeled, and end these idiotic wars; and these debt problems basically disappears. Bush's tax cuts alone cost us in the realm of $3.5 trillion (dwarfing the plans discussed right now).<br /><br />But nooooooo. Let's balance the budget with a particualr whack against the poor and middle class. So speaks Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-3193826731471365932011-07-27T10:13:44.548-04:002011-07-27T10:13:44.548-04:00After decades of free lunches, the tab is coming d...After decades of free lunches, the tab is coming due <br /><br />If the government at all levels focused on economic growth (not housing construction), we would see these numbers become much more manageable. <br /><br />The problem is that other than the debt limit there is no other governor on the federal government spending engine. <br /><br />To paraphrase Barack, it's time to eat our Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-79983462085643337292011-07-27T09:46:54.726-04:002011-07-27T09:46:54.726-04:00I am not surprised, but this is a very disengenuio...I am not surprised, but this is a very disengenuious report about the Boehner plan. The CBO scored the plan and they indicate the plan would reduce the 2012 budget by about $1 Billion which is what the US borrows every 5 hours and 20 minutes.<br /><br />We all know that all these plans including the phantom Obama plan are political Kabuki. The most basic principle of representative government isAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com