The $1.1 trillion in “cuts” (actually reduced increases in spending, given DC-speak) will be over the next 5-10 years. The Debt Increase would be for RIGHT NOW.
That just doesn’t work for me.
” The $1.1 trillion in “cuts” (actually reduced increases in spending, given DC-speak) will be over the next 5-10 years. The Debt Increase would be for RIGHT NOW.”
That proposal out to get you 3-5 years at Levenworth!!
In other words, they're just "pretending" to cut, so everyone feels warm and fuzzy all over - until we end up in the same place again next year.
Ok, $1.4 Trillion per year in deficit spending. $1.1 Trillion in cuts over 10 years.
Am I missing something?
“The $1.1 trillion in “cuts” (actually reduced increases in spending, given DC-speak) will be over the next 5-10 years. The Debt Increase would be for RIGHT NOW.”
Debt increase is only for 5 months, then we do another round.
Think, we do this 6 months at a time, then every six months another “what to cut” oppty.
They’re all desperately trying to avoid any meaningful cuts now in favor of undefined cuts sometime in the distant future. Gotta have that pork to buy votes.
Watching the Boehner, Pelosi, Reid and Onada budget dance is more painful than having to watch Helen Thomas pole dance—in the nude.