Bunch of Morons

WTF? Fukkin' wait till you have details before having a frikkin' press conference. That's the same thing Geithner did last month that earned him so much negative press.

House GOP offers budget blueprint but scant detail

 

By ANDREW TAYLOR ? 2 days ago

 

WASHINGTON (AP) ? House Republicans released their response to President Barack Obama's deficit-laden budget Thursday ? a glossy pamphlet short on detail and long on campaign-style talking points.

 

It promises to simplify the tax code and cut income tax rates to 10 percent for people making $100,000 or less. The brochure itself promises to cut domestic spending below current levels, and that pledge seems to include Social Security and Medicare.

 

Republican aide Matt Lloyd clarified later that the politically sensitive programs won't face outright cuts.

 

It's impossible to determine the projected deficit based on their offering.

 

The GOP plan comes two days after Obama criticized Republicans for offering criticisms of his budget blueprint, currently making its way through Congress, instead of solutions.

 

Republicans said more details will be out next week as the party offers an alternative promising spending amounts, revenue levels and the size of the budget deficit in a more traditional format.

Stupid fukrs.

yeah, Washington is full of idiots.

on both sides of the political fence too. We'll be lucky to get out of this anytime soon....

I don't think I'd go as far as saying that a "majority" wants that, but I will agree that far too many Americans want that.

Maybe not a majority but enough to decide elections.

I don't think I'd go as far as saying that a "majority" wants that, but I will agree that far too many Americans want that.

Maybe not a majority but enough to decide elections.

Had a Poly Sci class in college and at the time a majority of Americans favored lowering the deficit but a majority also favored lower taxes and bigger government.

That's like a recent poll I saw where like 40% of Americans think government should provide more things like health care, day care, jobs, etc... but the same people also thought that government was getting too big.

People are stupid.

That's more like it...

Under the president's plan, spending will top $4 trillion this year alone, and consume 28.5% of our nation's economy. His plan would mean a $1 trillion increase to the already unsustainable spending growth of our nation's entitlement programs -- including a "down payment" toward government-controlled health care and education; a $1.5 trillion tax increase to further shackle the small businesses and investors we rely on to create jobs; a massive increase in energy costs for families via cap and trade. Moreover, the Obama plan would result in an exploding deficit, a doubling of the nation's debt in five years, and an increase of that debt to more than 82% of our nation's GDP by the last year of the budget. This approach will ultimately debase our currency and reduce the living standards of the American people.

 

 

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Instead of doubling the debt in five years, and tripling it in 10, the Republican budget curbs the explosion in spending called for by the president and his party. Our plan halts the borrow-and-spend philosophy that brought about today's economic problems, and puts a stop to heaping ever-growing debt on future generations -- and it does so by controlling spending, not by raising taxes. The greatest difference lies in the size of government our budgets achieve over time (see nearby chart).

While our approach ensures a sturdy safety net for those facing chronic or temporary difficulties, it understands that the reliability of this protection and the other functions of government depend on a vibrant, free and growing private sector to generate the resources necessary for it.

The GOP's Alternative Budget - WSJ.com