If this budget were my family’s budget, I’d ask my wife why we spend so much money on weapons for unnecessary attacks on our neighbors.
Seeing that so many of our children were poor, uneducated, and in prison…. I would spend my money on my children. I’d even borrow money to put my kids through college, help my parents with their medical bills, make sure we had food, shelter, and clean water.
I would not tell my children that they need to live with less so that I, the guy who makes the most money in the house, can buy more stuff for himself.
I think the Ryan budget just says, screw it. Children, go work in the coal mines. Honey, if you cannot provide services, I will find someone who can. Mom and dad, you were nice parents…. but if you can’t pull your weight…. you need to pack up and move out. Daddy needs more money for himself and his perverse gun collection.
Posted by: blip | February 14, 2012, 1:39 am 1:39 am
Jake, nice story. Only issue I have is your last sentence….it won’t pass in the Dem-controlled/majority Senate because it’s a tragically bad budget that adds 1.3T in 2013 to the already massive $15.3T debt (which will be over 16T by Jan 2013). The only dysfunction I see is a President that isn’t leading, has been campaigning for over a year already and is going it alone in a hyper-partisan way from Stimulus 1 to Obamacare to Jobs Act (Stimulus Jr.) and now this joke of a budget. He hasn’t passed a budget, the Senate hasn’t passed a budget in 3 years now. His 2012 budget submitted in April 2011 received ZERO votes in Reid’s Dem-majority Senate last year, going down 0-97 !!!! That’s a lack of leadership, disconnection from the reality of bad policy and mounting debt, and real dysfunctional governance.
Posted by: Tedlink | February 14, 2012, 3:31 am 3:31 am
The Republican Mantra: “More Tax Cuts” (without cuts in spending) ……………… LOL! …… and that’s what got us in this mess. The two largest increases in the rate of climb of the nation’s debt occurred while Republicans were in office, and after the “Tax Cuts” mantra (Reagan and Bush Tax Cuts) was executed:
Nixon and Ford administrations combined national debt increase = $292 Billion
(Debt Balance when Nixon takes office = $363 Billion…Debt Balance when Ford left office = $655 Billion)
Carter administration national debt increase = $280 Billion
(Debt Balance when Carter takes office = $655 Billion, leaves office = $935 Billion)
Effect of Ronald Reagan and the “Reagan Tax Cuts” (without dealing with cuts in spending):
National debt increase under Reagan = $1.75 Trillion ($1,748 Billions).
Debt Balance when Reagan takes office = $935 Billion; leaves office = $2.683 Trillion ($2,683 Billion)
NOTE: Reagan’s Debt Increase Compared with Carter’s equals +624% more than Carter’s
NOTE: Reagan equals the first U.S. President to have the debt increase “in the 2 trillions” under his one presidency.
Reagan wrote the book for the next two presidents after him to follow… “How to Introduce Tax Cuts, Never Cut Spending, and Run the Government Off of $2 Trillion Dollar Debt”
George H.W. Bush (Bush # 1) administration debt increase = $1.4 Trillion
Clinton administration debt increase = $1.6 Trillion
Effect of George W. Bush (Bush # 2) and the “Bush Tax Cuts” (without dealing with cuts in spending):
National debt increase under Bush # 2 = $4.9 Trillion ($4,900 Billions).
Debt Balance when Bush # 2 takes office = $5.7 Trillion; leaves office = $10.6 Trillion
NOTE: G.W. Bush’s Debt Increase Compared with Clinton’s equals +300% more than Clinton’s
NOTE: G.W. Bush equals the first U.S. President to have the debt increase “in the 5 trillions” under his one presidency.
….. and the Bush Tax Rates continue today….. and Republican candidates for President say we need “MORE TAX CUTS!” …. LOL! America, you don’t pay off your bills by reducing your income. Both Ronald Reagan and G.W. Bush proved that.
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Posted by: Jo | February 13, 2012, 9:59 pm 9:59 pm
I missed it, when did you do the republicans or Ryans budget?
Posted by: watching | February 13, 2012, 10:11 pm 10:11 pm
If this budget were my family’s budget, I’d ask my wife why we spend so much money on weapons for unnecessary attacks on our neighbors.
Seeing that so many of our children were poor, uneducated, and in prison…. I would spend my money on my children. I’d even borrow money to put my kids through college, help my parents with their medical bills, make sure we had food, shelter, and clean water.
I would not tell my children that they need to live with less so that I, the guy who makes the most money in the house, can buy more stuff for himself.
I think the Ryan budget just says, screw it. Children, go work in the coal mines. Honey, if you cannot provide services, I will find someone who can. Mom and dad, you were nice parents…. but if you can’t pull your weight…. you need to pack up and move out. Daddy needs more money for himself and his perverse gun collection.
Posted by: blip | February 14, 2012, 1:39 am 1:39 am
Jake, nice story. Only issue I have is your last sentence….it won’t pass in the Dem-controlled/majority Senate because it’s a tragically bad budget that adds 1.3T in 2013 to the already massive $15.3T debt (which will be over 16T by Jan 2013). The only dysfunction I see is a President that isn’t leading, has been campaigning for over a year already and is going it alone in a hyper-partisan way from Stimulus 1 to Obamacare to Jobs Act (Stimulus Jr.) and now this joke of a budget. He hasn’t passed a budget, the Senate hasn’t passed a budget in 3 years now. His 2012 budget submitted in April 2011 received ZERO votes in Reid’s Dem-majority Senate last year, going down 0-97 !!!! That’s a lack of leadership, disconnection from the reality of bad policy and mounting debt, and real dysfunctional governance.
Posted by: Tedlink | February 14, 2012, 3:31 am 3:31 am
The Republican Mantra: “More Tax Cuts” (without cuts in spending) ……………… LOL! …… and that’s what got us in this mess. The two largest increases in the rate of climb of the nation’s debt occurred while Republicans were in office, and after the “Tax Cuts” mantra (Reagan and Bush Tax Cuts) was executed:
Nixon and Ford administrations combined national debt increase = $292 Billion
(Debt Balance when Nixon takes office = $363 Billion…Debt Balance when Ford left office = $655 Billion)
Carter administration national debt increase = $280 Billion
(Debt Balance when Carter takes office = $655 Billion, leaves office = $935 Billion)
Effect of Ronald Reagan and the “Reagan Tax Cuts” (without dealing with cuts in spending):
National debt increase under Reagan = $1.75 Trillion ($1,748 Billions).
Debt Balance when Reagan takes office = $935 Billion; leaves office = $2.683 Trillion ($2,683 Billion)
NOTE: Reagan’s Debt Increase Compared with Carter’s equals +624% more than Carter’s
NOTE: Reagan equals the first U.S. President to have the debt increase “in the 2 trillions” under his one presidency.
Reagan wrote the book for the next two presidents after him to follow… “How to Introduce Tax Cuts, Never Cut Spending, and Run the Government Off of $2 Trillion Dollar Debt”
George H.W. Bush (Bush # 1) administration debt increase = $1.4 Trillion
Clinton administration debt increase = $1.6 Trillion
Effect of George W. Bush (Bush # 2) and the “Bush Tax Cuts” (without dealing with cuts in spending):
National debt increase under Bush # 2 = $4.9 Trillion ($4,900 Billions).
Debt Balance when Bush # 2 takes office = $5.7 Trillion; leaves office = $10.6 Trillion
NOTE: G.W. Bush’s Debt Increase Compared with Clinton’s equals +300% more than Clinton’s
NOTE: G.W. Bush equals the first U.S. President to have the debt increase “in the 5 trillions” under his one presidency.
….. and the Bush Tax Rates continue today….. and Republican candidates for President say we need “MORE TAX CUTS!” …. LOL! America, you don’t pay off your bills by reducing your income. Both Ronald Reagan and G.W. Bush proved that.
Posted by: Forrest Gump is DEFINITELY a Republican | February 14, 2012, 6:28 am 6:28 am