https://redstate.com/dhorowitz3/2011/08/01/9-reasons-to-oppose-boehner-4-0-debt-deal/feed/Conservative News & Politicsen-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 10:19:30 -0400<![CDATA[1) Obama gets his full lifeline, long-term debt limit increase that will take him beyond the election ($2.1-2.4 trillion), without making any transformational concession.  There is no realistic roadmap to entitlement reform; not a single agency or program, domestic or mandatory, will be eliminated; Obamacare is off limits; there will be no balanced budgets, ever.  We will still add trillions more to the debt over the next ten years.  Yes, there is a second tranche that will trigger the latter $1.2-1.5 trillion increase, but unlike previous versions of Boehner&#8217;s plan, Republicans have no control over that trigger to use it as a precondition.]]>Mon, 01 Aug 2011 12:01:02 -0400<![CDATA[Daniel Horowitz]]>https://redstate.com/dhorowitz3/2011/08/01/9-reasons-to-oppose-boehner-4-0-debt-deal-n39896