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Obama issues budget - trainwreck rolls on.
Various people here have said that GOP needs time to cut the budget. From what they’ve been saying and doing, I don’t think time is the issue. They don’t get it. They won’t really try. I don’t see a happy ending here.
You are absolutely right. There are plenty of faithful Republicans on this site who will defend what Republican leadership is doind in D.C. There is no sense of urgency among them. They are so proud of cutting $60 billion dollars, while the deficit is $1.6 trillion for the year.
Perhaps the majority of Americans won't be happy with drastic budget cuts. And perhaps the cuts wouldn't get past the Senate, or past Obama's veto. But if you don't try, you won't have any excuse when the whole house of cards collapses. And the collapse is imminent. The only ones who will be able to hold their head up high will be those who called for drastic cuts, no matter how unpopular those cuts were.
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They're ignoring the fact that Federal spending has gone up 25% in the past two years. The best the Republicans can muster is a 2% cut? I call BS. 25% right off the top should be easy. There is so much overlap in gubmint programs, waste, fraud, abuse, etc., if anything there are so many places to cut and cut deep that the task is overwhelming. The Republicans give me the impression that they aren't serious about anything. Either they don't understand the dire circumstances we are in or they want the USA to fail. I'm starting to think more and more with every passing day it's the latter.....
Yep, they’re all out to lunch—including Paul Ryan, who has battled against the freshman Reps. Too many people see him as a savior here, but he’s fiddling away precious time—and our country’s precious money.
Yep. The GOP took power because of the Tea Party and others with similar views, yet the GOP elite is still setting the agenda.