Zero percent of GOP insiders support passing ‘something close to President Obama’s budget.’
By on Mar 27th, 2009 at 11:20 am
Zero percent of GOP insiders support passing ‘something close to President Obama’s budget.’
In its latest Congressional Insiders Poll, National Journal asked, “How should Congress respond to the recent deficit projections?” None of the Republican members of Congress surveyed said they should pass something resembling President Obama’s agenda:
In arguing for why they want to “delay” Obama’s initiatives, one anonymous GOP lawmaker told National Journal, “Better yet, scrap ‘em. It’s pure nonsense to even consider this wild-eyed stuff in a recession.” “Where’s the money coming from to pay for socialized medicine, schools? And is deficit spending ever a real solution to making lives better?” said another.
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“… And is deficit spending ever a real solution to making lives better?” said another.
Funny… they didn’t have too much of a problem with deficit spending over the past eight years…
March 27th, 2009 at 11:23 amOne thing you gotta say for those Republicans… they do Lockstep really well.
March 27th, 2009 at 11:25 amSo in the end, what they are saying is that the budget doesn’t matter to them? Only stopping anything else that the President puts forth.
March 27th, 2009 at 11:27 amRepublicans think that government is the problem.
When you start with that premise in your head, you try to do everything you can to disrupt any solutions proposed by the government.
They have it a little wrong.
Properly led government is not the problem. Republican led government is the problem.
March 27th, 2009 at 11:27 amAnd this is surprising…how??? We probably could have predicted those numbers and been within the margin of error…
March 27th, 2009 at 11:27 amAlmost spewed my coffee all over my screen reading this.Are they kidding, they are the morons that got us into this mess and now they want more of the same. It is almost so hypocritical and stupid that you just can’t explain it, makes your head spin trying to sort out some logic to what they say.
March 27th, 2009 at 11:28 amWow, cut spending on entitlements but not ‘defense’. How original.
March 27th, 2009 at 11:30 amSeems to me that “The Party of No” is still a pretty good name for them.
March 27th, 2009 at 11:30 amI guess I’m just lucky, but I’m not sure how people like these even actually exist.
March 27th, 2009 at 11:31 am“Better yet, scrap ‘em. It’s pure nonsense to even consider this wild-eyed stuff in a recession.”
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I’m always amused at the idea that things like education and health care are “wild-eyed stuff”, but spending gobs of money to finance a war based on lies never is.
March 27th, 2009 at 11:31 amAnd is deficit spending ever a real solution to making lives better?” said another.
It is too bad these GOP Congressmen didn’t have this kind of thought BEFORE they put this nation at risk, both in safety and financial stability.
Clearly, the Republican Party, struggling to make the party relevant, is willing to subvert any attempt at putting this country back on tract.
March 27th, 2009 at 11:32 amMoney for wars, money for wars, gotta spend plenty for wars.
March 27th, 2009 at 11:34 amEspecially when this nation spends almost as much on defense as the rest of the world combined.
March 27th, 2009 at 11:34 am“How should Congress respond to the recent deficit projections?”
How about:
March 27th, 2009 at 11:35 am“Come up with an original idea that will lead us away from the mess we are in.”
Sheesh…
They forgot: “More tax cuts” as a choice. Somebody’s slipping…
March 27th, 2009 at 11:35 amWell they prefer to steal from the majority of Americans to further line the pockets of the rich.
March 27th, 2009 at 11:35 amwags Says:
Wow, cut spending on entitlements but not ‘defense’. How original.
March 27th, 2009 at 11:30 am
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Hey, if the GOP wants to mess around with the third rail of American politics, who are we to stop them?
March 27th, 2009 at 11:36 amRepubliturds don’t want to cut defense spending but they want to cut everything else. Our defense spending is equivalent to another stimulus bill. The defense contractors have done everything they can to keep their war machinery going including spreading the manufacturing of parts for their death industry over 45 states for some high dollar items so that it will be difficult to eliminate or cut back on some projects.
March 27th, 2009 at 11:37 amWell, seeing by what an overwhelming majority they prefer cuts in social programs to military spending, is it safe to assume that GOOPers are very, very frightened people terrified of the world around them?
March 27th, 2009 at 11:37 amAnd now the Democrats have to fix all the problems that treating government as the problem created.
Magic Book
March 27th, 2009 at 11:39 amSorry about the typo, the F-22 Raptor is spread over 44 states, not 45. Other projects are spread over 38 states.
March 27th, 2009 at 11:39 amThe more important number (and, therefore, headline) is 97%, those who want to delay the initiatives. What kind of approach is delaying? It is a temper tantrum, stomping your feet and pounding on the podium, screaming “I don’t want to”. It does not change the outcome, ultimately, but it does make you look really childish. Is this the start of replacing the GOP with the COP, the “Childish Opposition Party”?
March 27th, 2009 at 11:40 am“Where’s the money coming from to pay for socialized medicine, schools?”
It’s coming from the same place where you found money to go to war with IRAQ!!!!!
It’s ok to spend for nothing (bombs) but not ok to spend for people, health, education and everything else that supports the middle class.
March 27th, 2009 at 11:41 amScaryBrownArachnoChick (OReilly’s a Cockroach) Says
March 27th, 2009 at 11:35 am
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Hey, Scary Chick — it’s been awhile since we’ve seen you. Good to have you back!
March 27th, 2009 at 11:42 amI really do wish someone would ask the Republicans how stopping spending (freeze government spending, no more stimulus, etc) is going to get us out of the financial hole we are in.
When Dick Cheney says “deficits don’t matter” it’s the Republican mantra, when a Democrat is in office, it’s like he never said that and they never supported it.
I’m not crazy about increasing our Deficit and Debt, but if the money is invested in this country and not funneled directly into the pockets of no-bid cost plus contractors, I’m happy to put up with it.
March 27th, 2009 at 11:43 amDo not worry about defence contracts….Obama is already planning to convert 50% of those factories into factories making parts and machinery for the new energy grid.
The US must cut defence budget by 50% or this nation will go the way of the old Silviet Union….broke and embarressed!!!
March 27th, 2009 at 11:47 amralph the wonder llama Says:
One thing you gotta say for those Republicans… they do Lockstep really well.
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Lockstep… lockstep… hmmm… is that some sort of C&W line dance I’m not familiar w/? Or does it have more in common w/ oh, goose stepping?
March 27th, 2009 at 11:47 amZombies!!! It’s straight out of “Night of the Living Dead”…. Run for your lives!!!
Cheers,
March 27th, 2009 at 11:48 amIt’s kind of somewhere in between.
March 27th, 2009 at 11:49 amURGENT: Please call the Senate and House Budget Offices and tell them you support Obama’s budget:
The Senate Budget Office: 202-224-0642 The House Budget Office: 202-226-7200
The wingnuts have a phone campaign going, and the Budget Offices need to hear some balance!
March 27th, 2009 at 11:51 amWe are spending more than enough for defense. How about assuring we get what we pay for? Is there a plumber out there, other than Joe, who would bid a remodel at 10K, rip out your toilet, disappear to smoke some crack, install the new toilet 2 years later, and then demand an extra 10K due to cost-overruns? Hold the contractors accountable! Sheesh….
March 27th, 2009 at 11:52 am“Where’s the money coming from to pay for socialized medicine, schools?
Where’s the money for defense spending going to come from sense 87% of you don’t want to cut it?
And is deficit spending ever a real solution to making lives better?”
You guys thought so when you were in control of congress!
March 27th, 2009 at 11:58 amScaryBrownArachnoChick (OReilly’s a Cockroach) Says:
Well they prefer to steal from the majority of Americans to further line the pockets of the rich.
March 27th, 2009 at 11:35 am
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Hey! Arachnids aren’t insects!
March 27th, 2009 at 12:00 pmI hope the Democratic Majority understands that we are at a crossroads in this Nation’s history and it is damn well time to nuke the filibuster!
March 27th, 2009 at 12:04 pmOkay, they’ve shown their hand. Scrap the bipartisan bullshit and move on.
Ram through universal healthcare, reform the tax code to eliminate offshore tax shelters, conduct massive fraud investigations into every single contract signed under BushCo, and implement the donut-hole strategy for FICA for people making over $500k/year. Eliminate Medicare Advantage as promised, force Medicare Part D to negotiate the most favorable rates with Big Pharma and start means testing for Medicare and Social Security.
Use the reconciliation process of 51 votes in the senate. For any obstructing Blue Dog, publish his/her donations and draw a nice picture that can be passed around the intertubes.
Do it now! Let the 50 million plus who go without healthcare get a little taste of what having coverage feels like, and then let the GOOP try to gain seats next year and in 2012 after their opposition to all of the above.
I’m done waiting. Act now!
PEACE
March 27th, 2009 at 12:05 pmNo big surprise. The Republican franchise will be obliterated should a progressive agenda get passed. They know it, we know it. They have no viable alternative to offer the American people, it has always been ’smoke and mirrors’ with these con-artists.
March 27th, 2009 at 12:05 pmchiroptera toasterhead Says
March 27th, 2009 at 12:00 pm
Hey! Arachnids aren’t insects!
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Coming from someone whose favorite insect is a bat? ;-)
March 27th, 2009 at 12:06 pmmisscoleopteramolly Says:
Coming from someone whose favorite insect is a bat? ;-)
March 27th, 2009 at 12:06 pm
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You have your taxonomy, I have mine…
March 27th, 2009 at 12:12 pmI care 0% what those R’s in the House think.
Seriously.
March 27th, 2009 at 12:13 pmIs that because they’re SO proud of their own version of the budget? :-D
March 27th, 2009 at 12:17 pmObviously with their 19 pages of NON-budget. Along the lines of the 3 page bailout proposal Paulson tried to hand in last year.
They have attained loser status.
March 27th, 2009 at 12:22 pmI just did my own poll. (Liberals. 1 vote – me) Here are the results:
Those in favor of the Republicans’ budget. 100% don’t know because there isn’t one.
Those in favor of the Republicans’ budget “guidelines”. 0%
Those in favor of the Republicans sitting down, shutting up, and letting President Obama lead as elected to do. 200% (OK, I asked myself twice. So? It’s my poll.)
March 27th, 2009 at 12:26 pmGOP nightmare scenario: Democrats implement progressive policies, make people happy, then Republicans lose even more elections.
March 27th, 2009 at 12:35 pmThey continue to act like petulant, spoiled children, instead of responsible adults. Will they ever act as though they truly care about the country?
March 27th, 2009 at 12:40 pmArt Says:
Republicans think that government is the problem.
March 27th, 2009 at 12:48 pmAnd ironically they will pull out any political trick they can to STAY in government. They’re straight up liars.
PLC,
Count me in for two votes as well. :)
March 27th, 2009 at 12:51 pmThat’s cheating, TRoHS. You didn’t just make that guess based on this one poll.
You were paying attention to all the other things they said too.
March 27th, 2009 at 12:53 pm“Where’s the money coming from to pay for socialized medicine, schools? And is deficit spending ever a real solution to making lives better?” said another.
Oh come now… Don’t you remember that the Republicans asked these questions: “Where’s the money coming from to pay for the War in Iraq/ Afghanistan? And is deficit spending ever a real solution to making lives better?”
I don’t either.
March 27th, 2009 at 12:56 pmWait, didnt Reagan and Cheney say that deficits dont matter?
Yes. Yes they did.
March 27th, 2009 at 12:59 pmThe GOP is now concerned about spending???? Just NOW, after eight years of spending orgies?
March 27th, 2009 at 1:01 pmWell, clearly Bush didnt have a problem with deficits or spending either.
I dont think the GOP, with its new fiscal awareness, is being honest and has no intention of changing its unfiscal ways.
March 27th, 2009 at 1:07 pm“And is deficit spending ever a real solution to making lives better?”
Yes, it’s called Keynesian economics, and it is cited as as way to shorten recessions/depressions, and improve the economy.
March 27th, 2009 at 1:57 pmWOW! First they have a presser in the Capital Hill Press room, with a prop they pass off as a budget (probably a Playboy magazine or something, with a glossy cover on it)…Now they have to be “anonymous” trying to explain something everybody already knew about Republicans; they are obstructionist, only for the wealthy, dishonest when it comes to spending, and warmongers, any more renditions are welcomed! They only think tax cuts are the answer to everything…They lack substance and are devoid of all manner of logic and seriousness. In truth, they are hypocrites!!!
March 27th, 2009 at 1:58 pm“Reagan proved deficits don’t matter. This is our due” -Dick Cheney 2003
March 27th, 2009 at 2:03 pmI guess it depends on WHOSE deficits they are. And WHOSE due is Voodoo.
If it crawls around in my house, uninvited, it is getting squished. I don’t care what it is. They are all creepy little bugs to me!
chiroptera toasterhead Says:
Hey! Arachnids aren’t insects!
March 27th, 2009 at 2:25 pmLet “zero” percent benefit from it.
March 27th, 2009 at 2:31 pmApparently, deficit spending makes our lives better, but only if we spend that money on munitions to kill hundreds of thousands of innocent people for the sin of “having our oil under their sand.”
Let’s face it, the GOP are utter hypocrites. Both in the policies they advocate and in their objections to procedural moves.
March 27th, 2009 at 5:13 pmI don’t think anyone that understands basic economics would approve of the massive debt laden budget that Obama and his regime is asking for. Of course, those in congress have a history lately of approving legislation without even reading it. Amazing.
March 27th, 2009 at 10:26 pmObama is a Marxist Socialist.
1. Redistribution of Wealth at all levels.
A. Raising Taxes on everything
1. Income
2. Energy and everyone who uses it. Cap and Trade
a. Oil and Gas
b. Coal
c. Natural Gas
d. Electricity
3. Payroll taxes(lifting cap on FICA)
4. Unfunded Mandates Forcing States to Raise Taxes for Continued
Funding of Obama Projects.
5. Punitive Taxation against those he does not like.
2. Nationaliziation of Banks
3. Power to Seize Private Firms.
4. Considering a global currency.
5. Pushing agenda through congress with no time to read or debate.
6. Wants strict gun control laws, H.R.45. Blair Holt’s Firearm Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2009
His agenda is a mixture of
Marx and Lenin Redistribution of Wealth.
March 27th, 2009 at 10:41 pmStalin and Hitler Squash opposition and their views
Chavez along with the above. Nationalize everything.
So you Repubs believe in authoritarian politics by using power in politics to force your own view?? Comparing Obama to Hitler is absurd. Apparently history is lost on you.
March 28th, 2009 at 12:08 amIt is time to throw the RepubliCons in the hole they are digging and bury them once and for all. Vote them out in 2010 and the DINOS too.
March 28th, 2009 at 4:12 amgopny Says:
I see you are here only to show what an ignorant brainwashed piece of garbage you are. Go kill yourself. The world will flat out be a better place when you leave it
March 28th, 2009 at 7:38 amgopny Says:
Obamatonidiot Says:
My my my, the trolls have got their panties in a bunch again. keep those nickles coming in boys, till the flags catch up with you.
March 28th, 2009 at 11:19 amWOW! gopny @ #61 and obamatonidiot @ #63 above both make arguments that are SO COMPELLING…..I just don’t know how to argue against them! Their postings are simply BRILLIANT! They have convinced me! Yes..yes..I see the light!!!!!
sheesh.
March 28th, 2009 at 1:56 pm