for the Ryan budget for FY2011 and FY2012. All of the out-year ‘cuts’ are a waste of paper anyway.
Some REAL cuts NOW is what people want.
- sigh -

was right about it being a bad bargain after all. Boehner is no conservative unfortunately and the democrats will end up getting what they want. I have about given up on the GOP. They fold like a cheap suit every time

But many more are.
Boehner moved our goalpost’s all the way to inside theirs.
But what I do not know, is what to do about it.
It would be near impossible to fire Boehner at this point, agreed?
So, then what???

The GOP should not link the debt ceiling increase with the debate over spending cuts.

Pass a debt ceiling increase, as long as there are no tax increases in it.

Then say to Obama and Reid, “If you want to cut that gigantic deficit that you created, pass some spending cut legislation out of the US Senate. The day after you do that, we will pass spending cut legislation out of the US House.

If you don’t want to cut spending, that’s okay. It’s your funeral in November 2012.

Simple. The GOP is not in power and not responsible for the bone-headed decisions made by the Democrats. The GOP should simply look ahead to the November 2012 elections and try to build on their 2010 victories.

The House needs to go “all in” on a REAL solution.

1) Reduce spending to 2007 levels (pre-TARP, pre-stimulus, pre-Obamacare)
2) Reduce those numbers by 5-10% across the board
3) BBA

Boehner caved weeks ago and soon the sell-out will be evident for all to see, just like the 2011 budget resolution from last April. No amount of whining is going to change that, so let’s not waste time grumbling about what might have been.

Soon we will have a list of RINOs and weak-kneed moderate Republicans in the House who desperately need a new occupation. This is where we can do the most good going forward. Precinct committees should begin immediately to canvas for strong candidates to take on the incumbent in primary challenges and Tea Party activists need to begin to explore third party registration in their state. The only thing that can change behavior in Washington DC is if we can make these Judas pay a price at the ballot box. With 10% unemployment, there should be no shortage of campaign workers in the coming election season.

Clear out the committee and all the other junk from the bill. Put in some simple front loaded modest cuts ($10 to $50 billion). No tax increases. Keep it short term so this is an issue in 2012. And keep it simple.

Frankly, I wouldn’t be surprised to see a very short term (about a month) increase in the debt ceiling. They are running out of time to get anything through the legislative process. The price for such a very short term increase should be an immediate $1 billion cut.

Gee, I wonder where all those supporters of Boehner’s plan have disappeared to?

Or nothing. Leave it in the Senate and Obama’s hands. Otherwise, we get 40% cuts on everything. Win-win.

Local Ohio news at 11:05 P.M. had a report with an interview of an aide claiming a majority of support for Boehner’s plan.

“I’d say about 2/3 are in support…”

Well, he would say that!

Not enough cuts in the current year – although it won’t be much with only a couple of months left in it. But $10 this FY and $50-100 in the next would be like a snowball rolling down a mountain for the out years.

The real killer is the stupid “committee,” though. It’s never ever ever ever resulted in reduced spending, only accounting tricks, smoke and mirrors. It MUST go to make the deal acceptable.

Why is a joint congressional committee doing that anyway? It’s the President’s job to submit a budget. Tell him to submit CBO-scored cuts if he wants his next installment on the debt ceiling. No more hiding behind generalities and speeches, Barry – do your dang job, you lazy, shiftless, good-for-nothing.

they promise cuts in spending. Always over a ten year period. Later after they fail or renege, we’ll be reminded how, despite all their flaws, they are still better than Liberals.

CCB, anything else at this point is from people not concerned with the future of this country.

None of the proposals actually cuts any spending. Instead, they only cut the growth of future spending. With any of the deals, spending will still grow each year, just not as fast.

Cut Cap and Balance was the compromise. If the Senate refuses to have a vote on CCB, instead of trying to compromise even more, the new deal should be no future spending. Lock in current spending until tax revenues exceeds spending.