Bland Bargain: Paul Ryan Surrenders On Federal Budget, Outfoxed By Former Pre-School Teacher

Confounded Interest ^ | 12/11/2013 | Anthony B. Sanders

[whitedog57]

Paul Ryan (WI-VR) and Patty Murray (WA-D) have announced a “bland bargain” on the Federal budget. The proposal would “restore” $65 million in automatic spending cuts currently in law and increase federal spending from $967 billion next year to roughly $1 trillion.

In other words former Vice Presidential candidate Paul Ryan was outfoxed by former pre-school teacher Patty Murray.

This will add $70 billion to Federal spending both this year and next. The result? The Federal debt load will be $25 trillion by the end of the next Presidential cycle.

What happened to the downsizing of the Federal government that Republicans promised? All bets are off on Republicans trying to control the Federal bloat.

This comes in the same week as the Democrats confirming an unqualified regulator for the two largest financial institutions in the U.S., Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Is Paul Ryan an ancestor of Pierre Laval, the former vice-president of Vichy France’s Council of Ministers from 11 July 1940 to 13 December 1940, and later as the head of government from 18 April 1942 to 19 August 1944?

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“I’m shocked, shocked, to find Vichy Republicans surrendering again to the Democrats.”

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[Jim Robinson]

FUPR!

[SgtHooper]

I’d swap him out for 7-of-9!!

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Karl Rove, is that you?

[sand88]

Patty Murry really was defeated, Ryan was victorious, unless "Conservatives" manage to f*ck it up.

Ryan victorious? Are you serious?

Paul Ryan is a pure Statist. Our Founders were Warriors for Liberty who risked ALL for Freedom.

Paul Ryan is a very metro-sexual, weak-minded, technocrat who loathes Conservatives. His 10 year budget proposals are an insult.

Ryan has ZERO appreciation for the value of Liberty as an ideal.

[Howie66]

Sounds like the same old crap that the Establishment RINOs have been tossing at us ever since we put them back in control of the House.

That game plan has worked out really well for the country, hasn’t it?

Maybe it’s time for that thinking to be tossed into the crapper.

Put the good of our Country, our Constitution and our Liberty ahead of the “best interests” of the GOP Establishment.

That will be a winning recipe, for certain.

[Howie66]

I will settle for him being primaried.

[Georgia Girl 2]

Any chance Ryan had for 2016 is gone with this loser plan.

[SunkenCiv]

Republicans will face intense pressure over unemployment benefits
BY GREG SARGENT
December 11 at 12:24 pm
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2013/12/11/republicans-will-face-intense-pressure-over-unemployment-benefits/

[snip] The imminent expiration of the Emergency Unemployment Compensation program for 1.3 million Americans is mostly being treated as a fait accompli in Washington... (Dems have created an interactive map showing how many people in each state stand to lose benefits.)... This strategy includes placing Op ed pieces by Democrats in papers that serve the districts of top Republicans, such as this one by Rep. Sander Levin in the Cleveland Plain-Dealer, the largest paper in John Boehner’s home state. The game plan is granular: One Democrat points out to me that stats are available on how many would lose benefits on the county level, and that Dems are trying to push these numbers into the coverage, because it is tangible for people in local communities. [/snip]