Boehner on sequester: 'I don't think anyone quite understands' how it ends
Billions of dollars in sequester-induced budget cuts appear set to stay for the time being, with leading political figures in Washington indicating no early resolution to the impasse, as they eye next year's congressional elections.
John Boehner, the Republican speaker of the House of Representatives, said on Sunday he saw no path to agreement with the president over the $85bn in automatic cuts, about half to military spending, that kicked in on Friday after the two sides failed to agree a package of budget reductions and tax rises to tackle the deficit.
"I don't think anyone quite understands how it gets resolved," he said on NBC's Meet the Press....
Unprofitable Servant wrote: --- The left talks a big game about helping the bottom half, but its policies are gradually ruining the economy, which will have catastrophic results once the safety net is no longer affordable. Labyrinthine regulations, punitive taxation and wage distortions destroy the ability to create private-sector jobs. Opportunities for Americans on the bottom to better their station in life are being erased. ....looks like the loser is the poor people being oppressed by leftist democratic policies
The left always talks about helping the poor and needy. What they don't say is they want to help them remain poor and needy. Dependent and/or poor voters, "educated" by leftists in public schools are needed to keep the leftist politicians in office. We either have to conclude leftists are the most economically illiterate people on the planet, or they are the most corrupt people on the planet, doing what they do purposefully.
from the WSJ article... The irony is maddening. America's poor people have been saddled with generations of disastrous progressive policy results, from welfare-induced dependency to failing schools that continue to trap millions of children.
Meanwhile, the record of free enterprise in improving the lives of the poor both here and abroad is spectacular
The left talks a big game about helping the bottom half, but its policies are gradually ruining the economy, which will have catastrophic results once the safety net is no longer affordable. Labyrinthine regulations, punitive taxation and wage distortions destroy the ability to create private-sector jobs. Opportunities for Americans on the bottom to better their station in life are being erased. ....looks like the loser is the poor people being oppressed by leftist democratic policies
One should take a look at this article, I'm putting it up to get back my right of center Independent credentials
In Hail Armageddon Charles, points out that cuts are miniscule, just that the Administration didn't plan where they would fall. As,
Charles Krauthammer wrote: “The worst-case scenario for us,” a leading anti-budget-cuts lobbyist told The Post, “is the sequester hits and nothing bad really happens.”
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Dr. Alan Cairns | 3/9/2009
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