Comments on: The Note: Unfinished Business: Washington Buckles Up For Another Round Of Spending Talks

By: Georgie_Bushie

Georgie_Bushie — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 17:16:53 +0000

DEANBOB, 8:00:16 AM, Said: “The estimate from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office says that if Obama’s February budget submission is enacted into law it would produce deficits totaling $9.5 trillion over 10 years – an average of almost $1 trillion a year.”
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LMAO @ your statement, “$9.5 trillion over 10 years”
Geeze…. where do you guys come up with this kind of junk statements? “Dean” must be you first name, and not your job title.
First of all, go do some research at the Congressional Budget Office webpage before you actually post “junk”. Then, when you’re at the CBO webpage, look up the words “2012 budget” in their search function and go to their most recent report on the 2012 budget proposal, titled, “Preliminary Analysis of the President’s Budget for 2012″ (published March 18, 2011). That document says this:
“CBO estimates that the deficit will total $1.40 trillion in 2011—$81 billion less than the agency estimated
in January.”
“For the following 10 years (2012 to 2021), CBO now projects a cumulative deficit of $6.7 trillion.”
That’s $670 billion a year, not the “1 trillion a year” that your misguided junk put out.
…and, the only way we’ll EVER reduce this deficit is when we do away with the Bush Tax Cuts, and go back to the tax rates that we had under Clinton, when the goverment was operating under an annual surplus AND the economy was still strong.

By: deanbob

deanbob — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 12:06:10 +0000

The Republicans control ONLY the House. The Democrats control the executive branch and the Senate. What are they doing to produce a budget and reduce expenses in a meaningful way?

By: deanbob

deanbob — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 12:04:34 +0000

How many jobs are taken by illegal aliens? While many of those jobs are more menial, if they weren’t filled with illegals (and not enough Americans wanted them, the wage would increase to the point that they would be filled (thereby employing more Americans).

By: deanbob

deanbob — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 12:00:16 +0000

Is the president going to get serious about the budget and show some leadership? The estimate from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office says that if Obama’s February budget submission is enacted into law it would produce deficits totaling $9.5 trillion over 10 years – an average of almost $1 trillion a year.

By: 56fle

56fle — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 07:43:00 +0000

So right now in Congress the two sides are fighting over 61 billion in cuts when the deficit for this year is 1.x trillion. You hear members on both sides talking about saving 1 trillion over 10 years. Guess not many in Congress realize that with 1 trillion deficits a year that saving 1 trillion over 10 years just does not get the job done.
After the Obama administration adds about 5 trillion dollars to the deficit in 4 years, almost everyone will be voting for someone else in 2012.

By: Georgie_Bushie

Georgie_Bushie — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 04:19:35 +0000

GREEN.GODDESS, 7:39 PM, Said:
“Just curious Billy Bob… This may be news to you, but Brazil is going to become a major player in the global energy markets with its recent discovery of offshore oil, twice that of the USA. President Obama isn’t ‘jetting around’ South America – his trip is about exports and JOBS…”
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LOL! … GreenGoddess, you really don’t expect someone who chose a username like “BillyBob” to get any of this? …LOL!
In case you hadn’t heard from radio talk shows, dramatic economic progress across South America makes it ready for increased exports from the U.S. and more opportunities for our businesses.

By: green.goddess

green.goddess — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 23:39:15 +0000

BILLY BOB | MAR 18, 2011 9:56:56 AM posted: “Obama is off to Latin America for a week so please do not disturb him while he is jetting around on AF-1.”
Just curious Billy Bob – what “offer” would you like the President and Democrats to give Cantor? Why doesn’t Cantor “offer” to raise taxes? Where is that Republican leadership?
This may be news to you, but Brazil is going to become a major player in the global energy markets with its recent discovery of offshore oil – twice that of the US. President Obama isn’t “jetting around” South America – his trip is about exports and JOBS.
In case you hadn’t heard from radio talk shows, dramatic economic progress across South America makes it ready for increased exports from the U.S. and more opportunities for our businesses.
Another short term goal for U.S. businesses: to participate in the construction underway in Brazil for the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympics.
Now can you tell me again what the House Republicans are doing about JOBS?

By: T Trump

T Trump — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 16:42:57 +0000

Politicians campaign on other issues then once in office they show their true colors. Here are a few questions I would like answered. Why do you have premium medical and dental care at no cost to you, when so many have none? How many raises have you voted for yourself and just why do you get raises when Social Security has been frozen for years, yet utilities, gasoline and groceries continue to go up every day? Why do you always want to do away with Social Security and medical aid and never look at cutting our military spending and defense budget? How much of a deficit would we have if you voted for what was good for the American people instead of what was good for your re-election bid and for your “special interest” wealthy buddies? Why once you’re in office don’t you do what you say you are going to do, why, because most of you are all a bunch of no good putrid liars!

By: kay

kay — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 14:37:33 +0000

There will be another stop gap measure through at least April 18th because that is Tax Day and the politicians will want to make sure there are at least enough IRS employees to open up those envelopes with checks in them.
This is not the first time this has happened and will not be the last.

By: Ken

Ken — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 14:17:21 +0000

By the time these blowhards pass a budget for 2011 it will be 2020. All of them are big words and no action. The only thing of which I am certain is there will be a cutback of benefits to those who have paid and an increase of benefits to those who haven’t. Meanwhile spending will increase and all these loosers will stand in a circle, point to the right and blame the person next to them.