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Really.
Really? ing Really?
A budget is about identifying necessary spending.
Broken clock, blind squirrel etc etc. I don't have high hopes, but maybe he'll magically land on a good action.
Really.
Really? ing Really?
A budget is about identifying necessary spending.
So what about the 6+ months the democrats had prior to the lame duck session to get a budget done?
If you believe its that simple then I don't know what to tell you. There are serious implications for tax policy in this budget fight and that should not even be debatable at this point.
Yeah, it has nothing to do whatsoever with identifying income to support the spending.
VWRC haz skillz.
They were too focused on trying to destroy our nation by other means.
Hey guys...I will be the first to agree that long term fiscal responsibility will require tax increases as well as budget cuts.
In the context of the current debate on the budget, however it is all about spending.
MB specifically said a couple of months. Its really pointless to say that the democrats ed up the chance to fix the budget because of electoral politics in an election year considering our political system.
To suddenly expect the democrats to rise above that is akin to expecting a one eyed unicorn to sit down on my lap and tell me a bed time story while making me richer than Bill Gates.
It also completely ignores that had that unicorn shown up, we'd be talking about the same thing just a year later. Better to just get it over with now, IMO.
If that were the case, you would expect the Republicans to budge first. Of course, they're not budging either. The Dems alrady said they'd be willing to sign a "clean" bill (ie. fund the military without spending cuts).
This is pure politics, both sides playing chicken.
Thats great that you will concede that but it doesn't change the fact that the GOP has made public statement after public statement that is the opposite of that. Perhaps if you or I were running the negotiations we'd actually get somewhere, CC, but we're not.
And long term, the gorilla in the room is not tax policy but unfunded en lements.
You can't talk about one without the other. Income and Expenditures go hand in hand.
The last time the government had a major shutdown was in 1995, and military members continued to work and receive pay during the government shutdown. What makes anyone think that won't happen again? Neither party will want the finger pointed at them.
Read the thread. Its been covered.
Actually CC is correct. The budget is what we feel like spending. Tax policy is what we feel like paying. The difference between the two is defecit.
Now in a rational world those two should be interdependent, but our political parties ditched such rational behavior decades ago..............
That situation was different. The defense budget was already agreed upon then. It's not now.
Dude, calm down, they will get paid. The sky is not falling.
I think there is some current law statute that continues to pay military members, Social security, Air traffic controllers, etc; in the event of a shutdown. At least there used to be.
Jack, if the budget doesn't get approved, the military isn't getting paid. End of story.
Manny, if I have to start calling you Chicken Little also, we might start to confuse you and Boutons.Dude, calm down, they will get paid. The sky is not falling.
Wouldn't want that, would we?
I think you are listening to fear mongering. Just wish I could be more certain than I am.
I doubt Barry will let that happen. You will get paid.
Um I'm perfectly calm. That doesn't change the facts.
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