Members of the United States Senate have been criticized by media, constituents and other finger pointers for not producing a budget in four years.
It was reported in The Hill on Tuesday, March 12 that Senate Democrats (holders of a majority in the upper house of Congress) have come up with a budget. However, the budget plan being floated by Senate Democrats does not balance and it includes a $1 trillion in new taxes. That’s after they’ve already raised taxes on the richest 2 percent in the U.S.
This Democrat blueprint was presented by Senate Budget Committee Chairwoman Patty Murray. She is a Democrat from Washington state. Murray said the plan calls for eliminating the remaining nine years of sequestration. That’s a good thing, right?
Well, no. She is advocating, as do the other committee Democrats, replacing sequestration cuts with a 50-50 mix of tax hikes and spending cuts. Yeah, that’ll work. (Not really. It hasn’t worked in the past when Democrats proposed spending cuts and raising taxes.)
Under this Senate budget there would be $100 billion borrowed to stimulate job growth by updating the nation’s infrastructure and job training. (Where is that $100 billion going to come from?)
Murray’s budget proposal conflicts with numbers furnished by the Congressional Budget Office. Her budget cuts $1.85 trillion from deficits over 10 years. That sounds good. But, there’s always a but, once the sequester cuts are turned off, Murray’s budget appears to reduce deficits by about $800 billion. Oh, come on, Sen. Murray, no more smoke and mirrors. We the people are short on patience and political rhetoric.
Murray’s budget was launched hours before Rep. Paul Ryan, the House of Representative’s Budget Committee chairman released his budget. It’s no surprise to even casual observers, Ryan’s budget reduces tax rates and slashes spending deeper than Murray’s.
While Murray’s budget proposal does not balance over 10 years, Ryan’s budget “would balance in 10 years without raising taxes and by reducing spending over the next decade by $5.7 trillion compared to the CBO baseline.”
Hmmm, a balanced budget with spending cuts and no taxes increases or, higher taxes and no guarantee of a balanced budget. That’s a tough one.
Keith Hansen
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Time this hit the on-line section. Keith it is a tough one for the left. How will they survive without extra spending to feed'em??
What The
Heck Keith. Are the libbys melting their computers down on fact check trying to prove you wrong?? Com'on southie you have to have the answer for this??
Can I borrow your credit-card captron?? I swear I will be doing the country a favor.
They're busy coming up
with a defense for Costco
a Budget but, not balanced
Most of them don't seem to care about the debt and increased spending. They don't understand that a government cut is not a cut and they don't seem to care.
By them I mean the Democrat politicians as I'm sure our commenter section knows the debt is not good for the country and their family.
It is so irritating and frustating everytime we read about another waste of taxpayer money. It is endless.
What good is a budget if it is not balanced?
Someone will know.
Their plan has worked
So well! Get people hooked on the government assistance so when the it's time to take control of our debt they can point a finger to the other side and say, "see, those big mean people want to take your money." It is all just a big political game for them!
Hope and Change and Moving Forward?
Families already have sliced the pie so thin that you can see the Made in China impression on the paper plate through the slice and now the Senate wants to make the slices even thinner by adding more dinner guests?
How is this Moving Forward with Hope and Change?
the collapse of the dollar is
the collapse of the dollar is already here...what can you buy for a dollar without adding change to the total? Can't buy a loaf of bread, block of cheese, bag of apples and a gallon of milk for under ten dollars anymore.
Increasing the minimum wage is not the solution...that is if you wish to increase all wages there after. Then, "Old Abe" will be running in the same direction as "Honest George", clearing a path for Hamilton.