The budget battle continues

no joe, no bo, nj — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 17:54:51 GMT

The American people are NOT behind Obama's bloated, unaffordable budget. Polls have shown this-less than 40% support this budget, (see Rasmussen and Gallup).

Moreover, it must be stopped in the Senate before congress begins to collect all those dollars from us. Congress gets addicted to tax revenue more quickly than people get addicted to crack. Don't believe it? When, exactly, was the telephone tax, dedicated to the Spanish American War, recinded? That would be never. When it was discovered, in 1995, that the government was still collecting that tax, the 'dedication' was changed to 're-wire' American schools for the internet, A VP Al Gore project. Having accomplished its second mission, the tax is still being collected.

Obama's budget is a disaster; thankfully, some Democrats are making noise against it. They MUST stop it, or we will face an economic disaster unlike any other in history.

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go away, Renton, Wa — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 18:37:05 GMT

You what is really hard to understand about Judd Gregg address this morning is this guy doesn't have a budget from the republican a 19 pages printout is not emough for judgement and this should tell both Republican and Democraft Americans that Obama's team is on target know what they are doing. I am so happy GOD reveal Judd to us, Obama would be one messed up man if Judd was on this team. We need to begin working right now to vote Judd Gregg out of office. I believe 2010 will bring about a hugh change in Washingtion D. C we are working hard everyday to make sure the President has the support he need.

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Heidi Kansas City Missouri — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 18:41:08 GMT

No Joe, No bo, nj, Stop your ranting. Sometimes we have to spend money to make money such is the case with this ecomony. President Obama didn't say that the the decifit wouldn't increase, but he did say that by the end of his 1st term he planned to cut the deficit in 1/2.

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GP NW Indiana — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 18:46:34 GMT

He continues, "We believe you create prosperity by having an affordable government that pursues its responsibilities without excessive costs, taxes or debt.
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Then your are first in line to take a pay cut, stop corporate lobbying, work a full 40 hour workweek, implement term limits, and not throw our money away to fight wars that have nothing to do with terrorism senator Gregg??

I didn't think so....so STFU

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Purple Day — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 20:05:09 GMT

Gotta wonder about us little bloggers.....what makes us think we're such smarty pants anyway? Really.
Let's through that ol' "patriot" word around again, ala Bushie. Whoever is not behind our president at this time is un-American.

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nick bartow, lester, pa — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 20:40:36 GMT

to no joe, no bo, nj, i just want to say you have given us dems a good idea. why don't we start a new tax for the bush wars he started and then the 12 billion bucks we spend on those failures every month will be financed by a special tax and the problem will be solved. then the party of nos can have their wars. maybe the wars will end quickly and we can cancel the war tax but on second thought maybe we should keep collecting it just in case the repukes get back in the white house.
oh before i go could no joe, no bo, nj tell me what the economic disaster will look like, i mean i just can't sleep at night thinking about the end of america.

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Eileen, Chicago — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 21:13:15 GMT

Are we supposed to go with the republican coloring book version instead?

Without offering alternatives, his complaints ring hollow.

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cindy, Las Vegas, NV — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 21:49:34 GMT

That all sounds so logical no joe, so what's your solution? Got any ideas? Your sure like to complain lots about our CIC and his administration, and yet where are your solutions? I've ya got a better idea nj, put it out there will ya. The idea with Pres Obama's plan is getting out of the problem, let's say the last 8 yrs., and getting into the solution. Well? Shrub and the Dick are why we are where we are at. I just am so grateful McShame/Failin are not in charge. It would be more, cut taxes, more funding for war, more de-regulation, more the rich get richer, on and on and on. I don't agree with everything in Pres Obama's plan, but am grateful there is a plan. Unlike the last 8 years of our Government running amuck, including Wall Street, Banks. America has spoken (Nov4), and I for one am proud to be an american, proud of our CIC!!!!!!

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MARIA, NJ — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 21:59:59 GMT

TO NO JOE, NO REP. OF NJ.
DID YOU SAW THE REPUBLICAN'S BUDGET PLAN (19PAGES) AND THE ONLY NUMBERS IT HAD WAS TAX CUTS FOR THE RICH.
AND GUEST WHO IS GOING TO PAY FOR THAT. WHERE WERE YOU THE LAST 8 YEARS

THE REPUBLICAN LIED: THE WAR IN IRAC AND OVER 4000 OF AMERICANS DIED SO FAR.

THE REPUBLICANS LIED: ON TAX CUT AND THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT GOT REWARDED WAS THE RICH.

AND YOU BELIEVED THEM NOW, HOW WEAK YOU ARE,
THERE IS A SAYING: FOOL ME ONCE SHAME ON YOU
SHAME ME TWICE SHAME ON ME.

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Jody, Iowa — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 22:20:15 GMT

I am concerned about the debt but I support the budget because I believe it is necessary for our nation's future. The majority of Americans voted for a shift to the left. The majority voted for health care reform, improving education and energy improvements. If we don't do these things now, we never will. If Sen Gregg, and his Congressional colleagues were so concerned about debt and cutting spending, why didn't we hear these remarks for the last eight years? But we didn't, and they helped Bush spend this country into debt and an economic meltdown. The republicans lost the election for a reason, people voted for change and we didn't vote for that change to look and sound like GOP ideology.

The economic disaster occurred on Bush's watch but it has been building through many administrations, republican and democrat. Now Pres Obama has to fix it which means going into debt to move toward economic viability and get our competitive edge back. While Bush was busy spending billions in Iraq, China has quietly been investing all over the world and they are now an economic superpower. Pres Obama recognizes that in order to regain our economic lead, we must improve education and reduce oil dependency; we must also reduce the cost of health care so that corporations can become competitive again so that we don't have to ship production jobs overseas. Why should China be building the computers we use? The budget is investing in our future instead of fixing things good enough to get by. It will take time to get out of debt but it will be worth it.

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jawillie Philadelphia, PA — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 22:20:24 GMT

After that so-called "blueprint" that they tried to pass off as a budget, the Generally Obsolete and Pathetic party hardly has a leg to stand on. Come back when you have some actual IDEAS!

http://jawillie.blog.com

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eagle1776 — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 22:36:04 GMT

And the Republican alternative is 19 pages without figures. Give us a break, already.

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mexed, san antonio, texas — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 22:39:26 GMT

The American people were not behind most of what Bush did but it got pushed through time after time after time. I simply don't believe Republicans are interested in getting us moving, they are more interested in appearing as good stewards. This Administration has been working in a short time to get the economy that the GOP squandered in the last eight years by no regulation, no accountability, no interest in the average American and that includes no interest in small businesses.

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Jo Warren — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 22:44:22 GMT

The American people have had enough of the strategies that the Republican party has employed over the last three years. They dug us in to a hole that President Obama must climb out of. His plan is the only one to try.

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Rob, from Iowa — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 00:19:37 GMT

Also, according to Gregg, we could not join the EU even if we wanted to. Our debt levels are too high.

And this video is stunning. You would think that cries for us to spend less would be coming from the US. Yet here is Daniel Hannan of the EU berating the British PM on his spending proposals.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94lW6Y4tBXs

This man understand Libery. Liberty expands when the private sector expands, not the public sector. Mr. Hannan is obviously a reader of FA Hayek and von Mises with such statements as "you cannot squeeze the productive bits of the economy to pay for the unproductive bits." Here, here, Mr Hannan!

I find it truly stunning that it is Europe, not the US, that is saying that our spending propsals are "nuts". When leaders across Europe think you are spending too much, then you need to rethink what you are doing.

We don't need any more spending. What we need is to expand the private sector and give them an incentive to get involved. Expanding the public sector lessens our Liberty. Helping the private sector can be accomplished with dramatic supply-side tax cuts. Eliminating the cap gains tax for a few years. Cut the divident tax. And if we want to give consumers more money, then we can cut the payroll tax.

History has proven, independent of tax cuts/increases, that the economy expands more when spending it brought under control.

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Lyn, KCMO — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 01:42:25 GMT

Our economy is a jeep, with four flat tires - Financial Institutions, Education, Health Care and Energy. You can pump up the financial 'tire', but that jeep isn't moving until you inflate them all.

This situation has been brewing for over 30 years, yet it has been largely ignored.

We finally have an intelligent President who will fix 'the flat tires' so the economy can roll again.

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mark in DC — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 01:52:15 GMT

Here is the analogy on the budget in my opinion:

You support your family with a low paying job that will every year put you further into debt overall. You can get a better paying job that allows you to support your family and save for retirement, but you have to move to another state. Do you go further into debt in the short term on the move, so that you can acheive your goals in the long term? Or do you remain shortsighted, and say, hey, we can't afford to move we don't have any money.

I like the policy to invest for a growing economy in the future.

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The Edge, Macon, GA — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 06:45:45 GMT

no joe...suck it up buddy, we're gonnna go on a ride whether you are buckled up or not......crying is limited to the cheap 'safe' seats, the rest of us are ready for a do or die.....we're crashing right now. If it turns out bad, it can't be worse for some of us than it already is. Just take comfort in the fact we're all in this together. USA!!!

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Linda in Maryland — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 11:32:30 GMT

Hahahaha! So Gregg says that President Obama is creating a record deficit? This may be but as I remember it, the Bush administration created record deficits, even when hiding part of it (the Iraq War costs, for instance). Although I have had my doubts about this budget, there are two things to consider. First, we can think of this budget as the "defibrillator" giving a huge jolt to move us from a 19th Century mentality into the real world of the 21st Century (a huge risk to be sure). The second is that we're going for the record and trying to outspend Bush and his cronies who still crawl the Hill. There is one big difference, however--this budget, "bloated" or otherwise, puts the needs of the American people first, the needs of the "haves" second or even third. It's about time. Besides, you always ask for much more than you expect to get. And yes, we'll all have to pay more but maybe we'll get more, too.

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Robert, Virginia — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 12:10:49 GMT

The GOP is good at attacking and campaigning. However, the public has decided that they are bad at governing. All of the public debt since Reagan is attributable to GOP leadership. They have no credibility. In November, we voted to take another path. Elections have consequences. Let the majority rule or own the mantle of dictatorial, authoritarian, my way or the highway party.

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RichardinDelmar — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 15:26:28 GMT

Joe read the poll numbers of Obama and the Republican party. They seem to disagree with your contention that the American people are not behind Obama.

The problems with the budget currently being discussed by Congress is that they do not want to deal with the revenue side not the expenditure side. In the proposal, both need changes to support the other. Get behind the prsidents' budget foldk

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Reality Bites — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 16:06:12 GMT

Do we want the President to continue to lie to us like the CEO's did at Enron, MCI/Worldcom, or HealthSouth? The numbers are the numbers, and I don't think it is a bad thing, if the Bush tax cuts are not renewed at all income brackets.

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D. California — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 16:11:08 GMT

A budget with no numbers. Is anyone really surprized? Bush's budget did not include the numbers on the war either. no numbers budget is very easy to balance. And if the republicans continue on killing education maybe none will notice.
Just one little step from no child left behind to no voter left behind.