Obama officially threatens to veto 'Cut, Cap and Balance'

archer wrote:

conifermtman wrote:

archer wrote: some compromise....the Republicans think they can get everything they want and not compromise with the Democrats. Nice try, but the Democrats still have the presidency and the senate, sooner or later the Republicans will have to realize this is not their show to run......

Why can't Democrats ever compromise on spending?

I do believe they have, Obama has actually proposed further cuts in spending than the Republicans, but it included an increase in taxes for the top 1%.......Republicans have compromised on nothing.

Watch this and learn! Lowering taxes INCREASED REVENUE! Obama only wants to do it out of purposes of fairness even though it makes no sense and hurts the economy and LOWERS revenue! He is a total socialist with NO common sense!

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I guess you think that if you repeat the Republican mantra that lower taxes increase revenue enough times it will become true. But you are wrong.....do a simple google search on lower taxes increase revenue and you will find it debunked over, and over, and over again. You sure have overdosed on the conservative kool-aid on this issue.

Salary of the US President - $400,000. Salary of retired US Presidents - $180,000. Salary of House/Senate - $174, 000. Salary of Speaker of the House - $223,500. Salary of Majority/Minority Leaders - $193,400. Average Salary of Soldier DEPLOYED IN IRAQ - $38,000. I think we found where the cuts should be made!
Always start at the TOP.

archer wrote:

conifermtman wrote:

archer wrote: some compromise....the Republicans think they can get everything they want and not compromise with the Democrats. Nice try, but the Democrats still have the presidency and the senate, sooner or later the Republicans will have to realize this is not their show to run......

Why can't Democrats ever compromise on spending?

I do believe they have, Obama has actually proposed further cuts in spending than the Republicans, but it included an increase in taxes for the top 1%.......Republicans have compromised on nothing.

Start listing all those cuts he has proposed. Everyone would like to know what they are. Everyone want specifics on this.

conifermtman wrote:

archer wrote:

conifermtman wrote:

archer wrote: some compromise....the Republicans think they can get everything they want and not compromise with the Democrats. Nice try, but the Democrats still have the presidency and the senate, sooner or later the Republicans will have to realize this is not their show to run......

Why can't Democrats ever compromise on spending?

I do believe they have, Obama has actually proposed further cuts in spending than the Republicans, but it included an increase in taxes for the top 1%.......Republicans have compromised on nothing.

Start listing all those cuts he has proposed. Everyone would like to know what they are. Everyone want specifics on this.

Obama: Ready for 'tough cuts'

His new debt plan takes the blockbuster spending cuts working their way through Congress, embraces them, and then cuts even more.

And we all know how easy that was.

Obama's new plan doesn't name programs or services to be cut, but
calls for a reduction of more than $1 trillion in non-security spending over 12 years.

Discretionary accounts, which require annual funding from Congress, will be hardest hit. Obama would reduce spending in that small part of the budget by a total of $770 billion. An additional $360 billion would be stripped from mandatory accounts.

The whole plan, which includes reforms to the tax code, as well as entitlement programs like Medicare and Medicaid, would cut $4 trillion in deficits.

http://money.cnn.com/2011/04/13/news/ec ... /index.htm


There are a lot of differing articles on this on the web if you care to look, the Republicans did not like the 4 trillion number and are looking at more like 1.5 trillion in cuts. What's up with that?

archer wrote:

conifermtman wrote:

archer wrote:

conifermtman wrote:

archer wrote: some compromise....the Republicans think they can get everything they want and not compromise with the Democrats. Nice try, but the Democrats still have the presidency and the senate, sooner or later the Republicans will have to realize this is not their show to run......

Why can't Democrats ever compromise on spending?

I do believe they have, Obama has actually proposed further cuts in spending than the Republicans, but it included an increase in taxes for the top 1%.......Republicans have compromised on nothing.

Start listing all those cuts he has proposed. Everyone would like to know what they are. Everyone want specifics on this.

Obama: Ready for 'tough cuts'

His new debt plan takes the blockbuster spending cuts working their way through Congress, embraces them, and then cuts even more.

And we all know how easy that was.

Obama's new plan doesn't name programs or services to be cut, but
calls for a reduction of more than $1 trillion in non-security spending over 12 years.

Discretionary accounts, which require annual funding from Congress, will be hardest hit. Obama would reduce spending in that small part of the budget by a total of $770 billion. An additional $360 billion would be stripped from mandatory accounts.

The whole plan, which includes reforms to the tax code, as well as entitlement programs like Medicare and Medicaid, would cut $4 trillion in deficits.

http://money.cnn.com/2011/04/13/news/ec ... /index.htm


There are a lot of differing articles on this on the web if you care to look, the Republicans did not like the 4 trillion number and are looking at more like 1.5 trillion in cuts. What's up with that?

Where are the specifics? Is it because Obama is full of hot air as usual?

conifermtman wrote:

archer wrote:

conifermtman wrote:

archer wrote:

conifermtman wrote:

archer wrote: some compromise....the Republicans think they can get everything they want and not compromise with the Democrats. Nice try, but the Democrats still have the presidency and the senate, sooner or later the Republicans will have to realize this is not their show to run......

Why can't Democrats ever compromise on spending?

I do believe they have, Obama has actually proposed further cuts in spending than the Republicans, but it included an increase in taxes for the top 1%.......Republicans have compromised on nothing.

Start listing all those cuts he has proposed. Everyone would like to know what they are. Everyone want specifics on this.

Obama: Ready for 'tough cuts'

His new debt plan takes the blockbuster spending cuts working their way through Congress, embraces them, and then cuts even more.

And we all know how easy that was.

Obama's new plan doesn't name programs or services to be cut, but
calls for a reduction of more than $1 trillion in non-security spending over 12 years.

Discretionary accounts, which require annual funding from Congress, will be hardest hit. Obama would reduce spending in that small part of the budget by a total of $770 billion. An additional $360 billion would be stripped from mandatory accounts.

The whole plan, which includes reforms to the tax code, as well as entitlement programs like Medicare and Medicaid, would cut $4 trillion in deficits.

http://money.cnn.com/2011/04/13/news/ec ... /index.htm


There are a lot of differing articles on this on the web if you care to look, the Republicans did not like the 4 trillion number and are looking at more like 1.5 trillion in cuts. What's up with that?

Where are the specifics? Is it because Obama is full of hot air as usual?

Yes, he has repeatedly refused to post where his cuts will be. It is all smoke and mirrors to try and blame the R's.

Same as the HC bill. Bunch of bs to make you think he's on the job.

Like the cut, cap and balance bill has so many specifics on how to accomplish that goal.

archer, didn't you state in another thread how you recommend controlling debt on a personal level? Its exactly this cut (unnecessary spending or items), cap (what you are willing to spend on items) and balance (revenue/income with expense/debt)? But since those on the Right proposed it, it has to be bad. This is the definition of hypocrisy.