Posted on 08/01/2013 7:37:01 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
If yesterday's actions by House Republicans are any indication, it would appear that there aren't enough Republicans in the House to approve the deep cuts necessary to reach a balanced budget in 10 years as the Ryan plan requires.
When House Republicans approved the Ryan budget a few months ago, there were many Republicans who warned that the deep cuts being called for (along with entitlement reform) would not be passed. Too many cuts for goodies like roads and bridges not to mention deep cuts in social programs would make too many in the GOP caucus skittish.
Yesterday, those warnings came to fruition as the leadership yanked a Transportation, Housing and Urban Development bill from the floor when it became apparent they didn't have the votes for passage.
The Hill:
Long-running Republican tensions over the Ryan budget's deep spending cuts boiled over Wednesday as the chairman of the House Appropriations Committee accused his party of being unable to support them.
In a blistering statement, Chairman Hal Rogers (R-Ky.) said he was "extremely disappointed" with his leadership's decision to pull the Transportation and Housing and Urban Development (THUD) spending bill from the floor.
Leadership said they simply ran out of time -- but Rogers charged that wasn't the real reason.
He hinted that a vote on the measure was scrapped because leaders didn't have the votes to support the deep cuts he was directed to write, and accused Republicans of effectively abandoning House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan's (R-Wis.) budget.
Rogers called for a bipartisan deal that would replace the unpopular sequester with something bridging the gap between the House budget and Senate spending measures he said were too costly to pass the lower chamber.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
They’ve put their moist finger in the air and correctly determined the prevailing wind direction.
America wants Free Candy.
And a pony!
Yes they do...
We are hanging by a string here. Consider what is going to happen when the minimum wage soars to $15 as the fast food workers want, other wages tied to it sky rocket 50%, commodities soar 50% or more, G spending tied to inflation sky rockets, the fed continues pumping in paper money into the inferno and bond rates sky rocket to 20% or more? With no one with any backbone and politicians just buying votes because the voters only care about the “money” they have verses its worth, the end could be nearer than some think.
In China and Russia when they could not feed the population, they culled the population through starvation. I wonder what they have in store for us here but for sure, it will not include those in power.
Ryan is pushing Amnesty.
He is a traitor, just like Rubio.
But hey at least he “looks” like a conservative now, right?
I mean on things that don’t stand a chance at actually becoming law, much like Marco Rubio.
But what does he look like on things that stand a very good chance on becoming law?
He looks like a progressive, much like Marco Rubio.
Paul Ryan is a pretend conservative.
TRUTH!
And a skittles pooping unicorn.
What? Do you mean that they didn’t sign it so that they could see what is in it?
I thought I liked him, and as a person, I guess I do. But Ryan’s plan was a fraud from the beginning. It forecast an uninterrupted growth rate of 4% and we have not achieved that for 30 years. It’s always arguing with mathematics with these guys. Always.
No, but there a lot of wolves in sheep suits.
On to Amnesty!
Thank you for posting this thoughtful thread.
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” - - - deep cuts in social programs would make too many in the GOP caucus skittish. - - - “
The above quote highlights the cowardice of the Republican Leadership to stand on principle and fight FOR the basic values of our Republic.
John “Cave-In” Boehner has proven for 4 + YEARS to be a failure as a REPUBLICAN Speaker of The House.
This calls into question why the Republican Members of The House have chosen to face the upcoming “Budget” Battle with a proven loser as their Speaker.
Has the desire by House Republicans to lose become insatiable?
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It is all well and good for us to use the broadbrush name of “RINO” to chastise those Republicans who have strong affinity with Democrats, but it is the ACTIONS or LACK OF ACTIONS that thus avoids being specifically chastised.
If we look at the total Federal problem, a case can be made that over 40 % of Federal Spending is spent on Welfare programs such as Social Security, Medicaid, Medicare, Aid to dependent children, Disability aid, and other re-distribution programs such as the Un-Constitutional Obama’care.’
Instead of using the broadbrush terms of “Liberals,” and “RINOs,” we should be using “Welfare Democrats” and “Welfare Republicans” to those respective Party members who have consistently voted for increasing the amount of Federal Spending on Welfare Programs.
In this manner, Welfare Republicans can be weeded out in the Primaries during the 2014 National Primary Campaign, and replaced by Republicans who truly have demonstrated that the only way to reduce Federal Welfare Spending is to reduce Federal Welfare Spending on a year to year basis.
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(Transportation and Housing and Urban Development)
As soon as this kid rolled out his “replace medicare with a voucher” scheme I learned all I needed to about him and he has proven me right.
Shameless huckster who will do say/ say anything to win lamestreem approval.
Go take your backwards cap and open a gym somewhere, punk.
The Ryan budget (which cannot gain a majority of the GOP caucus) is totally inadequate. Its cuts are minor, trivial, of no real significance.
We need a $1.8 trillion cut, immediately, followed by serial cuts of $500 billion until we get total Federal spending down to $750-$900 billion.
Needless to say, cuts of this magnitude are impossible (in the sense that they cannot and will not be achieved by elected representatives). This has been shown over and over and over again since 1945, throughout the “free” world. No legislature chosen by a universal franchise, anywhere, has ever cut total public spending - it’s not part of the design. Cannot happen.
So, the necessary and inevitable cuts will be imposed by force. Whose force? Ours? Chinas? The collapse? I have no idea.
It would be preferable to voluntarily cut to $750 billion than to be cut to zero by events - but that train left the station after the Great Compromise of 1986.
And, by the way, the Republicans with their corrupt and evil tax policy are equally to blame with the Democrats, with their corrupt and evil spending policy.
RE: As soon as this kid rolled out his “replace medicare with a voucher” scheme I learned all I needed to about him and he has proven me right.
So, what do you propose Medicare ( going bankrupt) be replaced with?
Defund or tax and pay more for it are the two obvious options.
Replacing it with coupons will be more expensive and is a giveaway to insurance companies.
But perhaps, I have been too harsh calling him a huckster. Given this is the “math wizard” who can’t read an opinion poll maybe he is sincere and not that bright.
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