She has already stated that she would cut entitlements like Paul Ryan. That is what has to be cut, no two ways about it.
She has already stated that she would cut entitlements like Paul Ryan. That is what has to be cut, no two ways about it.
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That’s a perfectly reasonable position for Bachmann to take but that will hardly scratch the surface of a $1.6 trillion deficit. The fact of the matter is that nobody, including Michele Bachmann or Paul Ryan, has detailed a 2012 budget that comes in at anything like the $2.2 trillion that represents the U.S. Federal Governments FY2012 income.
So until I see that FY2012 balanced budget I’m just going to laugh at those politicians, mostly Tea Party types unfortunately, who are either just naive or are just voting what their constituents want - no more borrowing. While that sounds good even to me you have to be able to explain what the consequences would be if you actually managed to balance the budget in a single year. If you think that is easy consider the fact that even if you zeroed out the entire $670 billion Defense budget you would still have a long way to go.
If anyone believes that a FY2012 balanced budget is achievable just show us where the $1600 billion in cuts are coming from.