Posted on 04/08/2011 10:15:07 PM PDT by Bigtigermike
The bipartisan deal struck Friday falls short of the House Republican campaign pledge to cut $100 billion in fiscal 2011 spending.
The pact cuts $78.5 billion when compared to President Obama's fiscal 2011 budget request, which was never enacted.
The accord cuts $39 billion in actual spending, $22 billion less than bill the House passed in February.
In a brief interview, Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) told The Hill the agreement was "as good a deal as we could get."
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), chairman of the Republican Study Committee, said he expects "significant" opposition from conservatives, both to the short-term fix and the long-term spending bill. He said he will vote against both
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Its a damn good start.
I just went on U.S.congress.guv and sent a pretty nasty letter to boehner.
Hope many more do the same.
Tell this ball less dem lite cry baby what you think of him folding on abortion and gub mint spending.
Folded on defunding epa
folded on funding planned parenthood
folded on truely cutting gub mint spending.
What the hell good are you there john boehner ya dem lite fool.
Grow up, go study the process, then get back to me.
We’re done.
You didn’t graduate high school until you were 23?
Wow. I thought they kicked student out when they reached 19.
I am sure that negotiating involved each side offering up a cut in one of their sacred cows,or so to speak. So Obama and his sycophants told Boener and his group that if we cut more money it will be military paychecks.
B. was left between a rock and a hard spot,the only way to get the money needed to achieve their goal and avoid a shut down was somehow tied up with the military paychecks,how exactly,I do not know but I will bet that the deal hung on that issue.
Our president is exceedingly clever and for men who believe the ends justify the means there is no problem with being sly,crafty and clever as long as you win.
BTW,I think too many Republicans are also relativists but I don't think Boener is one of them. I know that it was Obama that brought up not paying the military,but the media spin would have been that the Republicans denied the military their paychecks and there was probably a plausible deniability aspect that would have protected Obama.
That is an $80 B cut ONLY using Democrat math. I.e. it is an $80 billion cut from PROPOSED spending. It actually only cut less than half that.
Less than half, and justification using Democrat math is “As good as we could get”?
Bump
I agree this was a net positive but....
When you have fallen over a cliff it is a little hard to celebrate the gentle updraft that slows your acceleration.
If this deficit isn’t turned around soon it won’t matter who is Republican, who is Democrat, who is conservative, who is liberal.
We will all be serfs.
Advertisements aimed at TV watching teens without jobs would be what I would cut.
And military bands. Play a recording.
“as good as we could get”?
Geez, diD ya’ say pretty pretty please?
Sheesh...
WE GOT SCREWED AGAIN!
Thier sleeping in the same bed
25 actually. I’m a REAL good liar ;)
Conservatives lost.
Just like “WE” flooded the boards, phone lines, e-mails, etc when Bush was going to pass the Bailout in 2008. It was 100 to 1 against the damn thing. Yet we had President Bush that said “I had to abandon free market principles in order to save the free market system.”
The Tea Party rose out of those ashes but now the deck is heavily stacked against us.
The Republicans that agreed to compromise last night can talk big & bad yet cannot “walk the walk”
I will keep up the fight but this does not bode well.
Was there any doubt in anyone with a grain of intelligence that the RINOs would cave in? They always have.
The Republican Party...the party of compromise. Leaders NEVER COMPROMISE, losers do.
Excellent response from a true America loving patriot.
Now, if we all will turn our backs on the RINO party and start supporting and preparing the Tea Party (or ANY party that supports taxpayers) for the next election, we just might be able to save our country, it’s heritage, and our way of life.
Boehner and the House Republicans scored a big victory tonight.
Signed, The Democrat party.
Since he caved and took the Dem plan he should have no trouble getting their votes. Hell, Nancy might vote for it.
You should be flamed for that post !
Hey!! all you kiddies out there....... listen up.
When you look in the candy store window you can dream all you want about eating up the goodies. But.....if you have no money, no goodies.
The budget goodies can’t be had without votes. Absent the votes, your dreams are just that, dreams.
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