ML/NJ
I think “shrinking the government” also means reducing the budgets and not just reducing the amount of projected increased spending by a minimal percentatage in the future. Ask any congressperson what programs are getting less money in 2012 than they received in 2011. I would go for “Shrinking the spending NOW”.
Do you suppose if Congress doesn’t increase the debt limit, they will still get a pay raise? I’m for freezing gov’t salaries, just like SS has been frozen for a couple of years.
Ingraham talks out of both sides of her mouth. Her main interest is the DC social scene and being invited to the right parties.
IF the REID bill passes, it will make significant cuts in military spending, as it puts into law caps on future military outlays. The Boehner bill is better for military spending.
Now, if you believe that rejecting the Boehner bill will lead to the democrats in the senate caving in and passing CCB, and the president signing it, then you are right and he is wrong.
What I believe is the more likely scenario, if the house fails to pass a new boehner-like bill, Reid’s bill will become the vehicle for which democrats get credit for solving the problem while republicans fought amongst themselves.
If you believe as the tea party hardliners do that half the house is made up of RINOs, you will have to explain to me why you think Pelosi can’t get 40 of those RINO republicans to vote with a united Democrat house to pass the REID bill, when push comes to shove. We are told half the republicans in the house are ready to stab the tea party in the back. Heck, we are being told Allen WEST is stabbing the tea party in the back, and he’s clearly among the 40 most conservative people in the house.
So, how does Boehner STOP the Reid bill in the house, when all the democrats vote for it, and Boehner couldn’t get enough votes for his bill, and half the republicans are RINOs waiting to stab conservatives in the back?
Please explain to me how the conservative rosy scenario works.