House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) said on Tuesday that it may take as many as 20 years to balance the federal budget after years of deficit spending in Washington.
At Hoyer's weekly press briefing on Capitol Hill, CNSNews.com noted that PRESIDENT OBAMA'S LATEST BUDGET PROPOSAL DOES NOT BALANCE AT ANY TIME IN THE NEXT 10 YEARS and asked Hoyer, "Do you plan on introducing anything that balances within that 10-year timeframe, or is that possible?"
“I DON’T THINK YOU CAN GET THERE IN TEN YEARS. I think it’s going to take a longer time [because] we’ve dug such a deep hole. We turned a $5.6 trillion [projected] surplus into $5 trillion in additional debt.”.....
The Democrats aren’t serious and shouldn’t be taken seriously.
Where do the Democrats stand on Deficit Reduction
With that in mind, here’s a look at where Democrats stand heading into these votes.
INTRANSIGENT LEADERSHIP:
• Sen. Dick Durbin (D., Ill.), the No. 2 Democrat, thinks anything more than the Democrats’ $6.5 billion in cuts over seven months would be literally impossible. “I THINK WE’VE PUSHED THIS TO THE LIMIT” he said on Fox News Sunday. “I’m willing to see more deficit reduction, but not out of domestic discretionary spending.”
• Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D., Nev.), as you may recall, BERATED THE GOP’S INITIAL PLAN TO CUT JUST $32 BILLION OVER THE SAME PERIOD — roughly half way between where the two sides are currently — AS “DRACONIAN” AND A “NON-STARTER.”
Tax more, spend more:
• SEN. FRANK LAUTENBERG (D., N.J.) told reporters last week that Senate Democrats were “close to believing” that they had a plan for further spending cuts. Oh, but he did have one idea: “SHOW ME THE MONEY, SHOW ME THE REVENUE!”
• Sen. Tom Harkin (D., Iowa) concurred: “I’m greatly disappointed so far in what [the White House has] been advocating, which is basically sort of buying into ‘we’ve got to cut everything out of discretionary.’ The White House is wrong on that… TO TAKE REVENUES OFF THE TABLE IS UNACCEPTABLE.”
• House Minority Leader NANCY PELOSI (D., CALIF) HAS AN EQUALLY INGENIOUS PLAN TO REDUCE THE DEFICIT — KEEP ON SPENDING: “NOTHING BRINGS MORE TO THE TREASURY THAN INVESTING IN EDUCATION,” SHE TOLD REPORTERS LAST WEEK.
A recent poll showed that 95% of Americans think something needs to be done about the deficit. It appears the other five percent are elected Democrat officials and their families.
Here’s more
Budget Votes on Hold
BREAKING: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D., Nev.) has accused Senate Republicans of reneging on an agreement made during last week’s meeting with Vice President Joe Biden to HOLD VOTES TODAY ON TWO COMPETING SPENDING PROPOSALS — THE HOUSE REPUBLICAN PLAN ($61 BILLION IN SPENDING CUTS) AND THE SENATE DEMOCRATIC ($4.7 BILLION).
“There’s no question that was the agreement made,” Reid said on the Senate floor. “I’m disappointed now that Republicans refuse to keep their word.”
REID ARGUED THAT SENATE REPUBLICANS ARE AFRAID TO VOTE ON THE HOUSE PLAN (H.R. 1) — he called it the “Tea Party plan” — because they have finally realized how “reckless” and “irresponsible” it is.
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/261588/budget-votes-hold-andrew-stiles
Actually if I were a democrat I would be embarrassed to vote for a plan that decreases the deficit by 4.7 Billion out of a $1.65 Trillion deficit. The Republican plan decreases spending by 1.7% while the democrat plan decreases it by .13%. That’s not even a rounding error.
Freshman Democrat Joe Manchin: Obama has 'failed to lead' on budget
WEST VIRGINIA SEN. JOE MANCHIN RIPPED PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA ON HIS BUDGET PROPOSALS IN A SENATE FLOOR SPEECH TUESDAY, a rare rebuke from a freshman Democrat who clearly is worried about the politics of deficit spending as he faces a tough reelection in 2012.
MANCHIN CHARGED THE PRESIDENT WITH FAILING TO LEAD THE WAY IN REDUCING SPENDING, while also criticizing Republicans for offering “partisan” and “unrealistic” budget proposals.
Why are we doing all this when the most powerful person in these negotiations — our president — has failed to lead this debate or offer a serious proposal for spending and cuts that he would be willing to fight for?”
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0311/50857.html#ixzz1G2511OfB
This is a bit early, but expect a lot more of it from Democrats. A year from now I’ll rerun the article about the Democrats offering 4.7 billion in cuts with anything more being described as Draconian and well see what’s going on then.
NPR and the TEA Party
http://dailycaller.com/2011/03/08/npr-executives-caught-on-tape-bashing-conservatives-and-tea-party-touting-liberals/#ixzz1G1Fiog6l
It's interesting to see what people really say when they don't think anyone to hear it. And it is interesting that they don't have problems with a Muslim group that is obviously anti-Semitic.
Running on the Race Track
….This in a way disturbs me about Barack Obama more than anything else. WE HEAR SO MUCH ABOUT WHAT A NEW BREED OF POLITICIAN HE IS THAT IT DRIVES HOME THE REALITY OF HIS DREARY OLDNESS. Beneath the dashing façade, the insouciant wink, the casual wave, beats the heart of the dreariest old political hack imaginable. HE IS A CARD-CARRYING MEMBER OF THE CLICHÉ CLIQUE, the bromide brigade, the platitude attitude and the banal cabal. Uggh!
Case in point, his latest contribution to the national conversation, quoted in a new book by Kenneth Walsh. OBAMA SAYS THAT THE TEA PARTY MOVEMENT IS INSPIRED BY RACE, by a sense that minorities are getting all these goodies from Washington. They are motivated, the President thinks, by "a subterranean agenda."
This is such a piece of hackery and flackery, of puffery and guffery, of foolery and fakery. POLITICS AT ITS RANKEST MASQUERADING AS ANALYSIS AT ITS FRANKEST. There is so much dirty laundry being aired here that I simply had to make a list. Every trick in the old, old playbook is on display…..
http://spectator.org/archives/2011/03/07/running-on-the-race-track
In fact, what the left accuses the TEA Party of is exactly the behavior they are engaged in. They are denigrating the TEA Party based on their prejudice rather than any substantive proof. I believe the term is projection.
The most transparent Administration in history
The Obama administration, which famously pledged to be the most transparent in American history, is pursuing AN UNEXPECTEDLY AGGRESSIVE LEGAL OFFENSIVE AGAINST FEDERAL WORKERS who leak secret information to expose wrongdoing, highlight national security threats or pursue a personal agenda.
IN JUST OVER TWO YEARS SINCE PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA TOOK OFFICE, PROSECUTORS HAVE FILED CRIMINAL CHARGES IN FIVE SEPARATE CASES involving unauthorized distribution of classified national security information to the media. And the government is now mulling what would be the most high-profile case of them all - prosecuting WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
That’s a sharp break from recent history, when the U.S. government BROUGHT SUCH CASES ON THREE OCCASIONS IN ROUGHLY 40 YEARS
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0311/50761.html#ixzz1FweICczt
They told me if I voted for John McCain, the government would go overboard trying to silence national security leaks, and they were right!
THE HILL POLL: US future depends on cutting debt, voters say
LIKELY VOTERS OVERWHELMINGLY BELIEVE DEFICIT REDUCTION IS CRUCIAL TO AMERICA’S FUTURE, BUT GENERALLY OPPOSE RAISING REVENUE THROUGH TAX REFORM TO CUT THOSE DEFICITS, a new poll conducted for The Hill found.
A FULL 95 PERCENT OF LIKELY VOTERS BELIEVE THAT LOWERING THE DEBT IS EITHER VERY OR SOMEWHAT IMPORTANT, the poll found, with only 2 percent finding the issue not at all or not very important.
Not surprisingly, respondents had a more nuanced take on tax reform, with LIKELY VOTERS SAYING THEY PREFER SPENDING CUTS TO TAX INCREASES TO SHOULDER THE BRUNT OF LOWERING THE COUNTRY’S DEBT.
Still, a plurality endorsed the general idea of lowering tax rates while eliminating many tax credits and deductions. Respondents were split, however, on whether they would be willing to give up their long-held deduction for mortgage interest, a tax expenditure that has received backing of powerful supporters like President Reagan during past pushes to overhaul the tax code
http://thehill.com/polls/147727-the-hill-poll-voters-say-us-future-depends-on-cutting-debt
This is not the survey the Democrats wanted to see. The Democrats were hoping to increase spending and have the voters get used to the services and then raise their taxes to pay for it. They increased spending but the TEA Party was not fooled and started to march against the spending right away. And the Democrats increase the spending too fast and now they have an electorate who is angry and not in the mood to increase taxes.
The Truth About Wisconsin
The fundamental issue in Wisconsin -- and states considering similar budget cuts -- is not whether government employees should contribute more (in Wisconsin's case, more being merely something) to their health or pension plans -- though that is important. Rather, it is whether workers should have the right to say no.
If passed, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker's emergency budget will allow workers to opt out of joining a union and still keep their jobs. It would allow workers to vote every year on whether they want to keep their union. And it would take away the unions' ability to automatically deduct dues from workers' paychecks. All of these threaten organized labor's power by giving workers more choice.
http://spectator.org/archives/2011/03/08/the-truth-about-wisconsin
Libs tend to be for choice except if it means school choice, union choice, or even what kind of a toilet you can have in your home. Then choice is a bad thing.
The Falmouth Experience: Life Under The Blades
Standing on his home’s porch, Neil Anderson points through the thicket of trees in his front yard and across Blacksmith Shop Road towards one of his closest neighbors: A wind turbine.
“RIGHT NOW WE ARE 1,320 FEET, WHICH IS ONE-QUARTER MILE SOUTH OF WIND ONE, WHICH IS FALMOUTH’S FIRST WIND TURBINE. IT’S BEEN ONLINE SINCE APRIL. AND WE’VE BEEN TRYING TO GET IT STOPPED SINCE APRIL,” Anderson says....
....“IT IS DANGEROUS. HEADACHES. LOSS OF SLEEP. AND THE RINGING IN MY EARS NEVER GOES AWAY. I COULD LOOK AT IT ALL DAY, AND IT DOES NOT BOTHER ME. IT’S QUITE MAJESTIC — BUT IT’S WAY TOO CLOSE,” Anderson said.....
....One looming concern of neighbors is a second turbine, one of the same size and make that has gone up not far from the first. Falmouth’s Wind Two is scheduled to be turned on sometime this spring.
http://climatide.wgbh.org/2011/03/the-falmouth-experience-life-under-the-blades/
This is the future liberal dream of FOR US.
A man who appears to be a National Public Radio senior executive, RON SCHILLER, has been captured on camera savaging conservatives and the Tea Party movement.
“The current Republican Party, particularly the Tea Party, is FANATICALLY INVOLVED in people’s personal lives and very fundamental Christian – I wouldn’t even call it Christian. It’s this weird evangelical kind of move,” declared Schiller, who runs NPR’s foundation.
In a new video released Tuesday morning by conservative filmmaker James O’Keefe, Schiller and Betsy Liley, NPR’s director of institutional giving, are seen meeting with two men who, unbeknownst to the NPR executives, are POSING AS MEMBERS OF A MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD FRONT GROUP. The men, who identified themselves as Ibrahim Kasaam and Amir Malik from the fictitious Muslim Education Action Center (MEAC) Trust, met with Schiller and Liley at Café Milano, a well-known Georgetown restaurant, and explained their desire to give up to $5 million to NPR because, “the Zionist coverage is quite substantial elsewhere.”
On the tapes, SCHILLER WASTES LITTLE TIME BEFORE ATTACKING CONSERVATIVES. The Republican Party, Schiller says, has been “hijacked by this group.” The man posing as Malik finishes the sentence by adding, “the radical, racist, Islamaphobic, Tea Party people.” Schiller agrees and intensifies the criticism, saying that the Tea Party people aren’t “just Islamaphobic, but really xenophobic, I mean basically they are, they believe in sort of white, middle-America gun-toting. I mean, it’s scary. THEY'RE SERIOUSLY RACIST, RACIST PEOPLE."
http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/hoyer-says-federal-budget-may-not-be-bal
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