Already blaming GOP for sequester

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/obama-emergency-responders-push-republicans-sequester-141651336--politics.html
The GOP in the HOR have passed budgets each year and Harry Reid and the Dems in the Senate always shoot them down. Why doesn't he call out Harry?

Imagine this novel scenario: each party blaming the other for all of our nation's woes.

Can you imagine if the typical American political discourse was like this???????

Blame.....it is too late for blame......the Gulf Coast is going to get whacked. It is going to be survival time.

Edward • 9 hrs ago aren't emergency responders county and state workers
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Second the "sequester" was proposed origninally by the white house.

This information is from CBO Chairman Douglas Elmendorf's office and represents best case scenario. The budget is $3.8 trillion. Revenue is $2.3 trillion. The new tax revenue is $620 billion IF and ONLY IF we have 4% growth, in 2013 that will be HIGHLY unlikely, so figure 2% like we have had and that gives us $310 billion. That still leaves us over $1.2 trillion in the hole every year. Its a spending problem not a revenue problem. That is $12 Trillion in additional debt in 0bama's 10 years terms. Congress and the president are only trying to deal with 10% of the total problem hoping we can grow our way out of the rest of it.... which wont happen with current policies.

What congress needs to do is slash EVERY program, department, and payroll by 25% and that will get us close, then next year they can make MORE CUTS to every program and department and balance the budget.

We are out of money, it is that simple.
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$85 billion from a "budget" of trillions is a rounding error.
(And Obama has never passed a budget...)
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You can talk about tax loopholes all you want. But your actions speak louder than words.
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What more could we say--I started reading some post undernieth the story

I guess it is a hurry up thing after the golf weekend------that one was kinda funny but true

The sequester originated from the WH. . . . . now the American public must decide which is the most principled position . . . . . arbitrary cuts immediately that are nonsensical or choose a path of a long term solution with a balance between sensible closing of tax loop holes along with negotiated long term cuts in spending. That is where we are . . . .

The wh idea? Then why is it the fault of the gop if it happens? I hope it does... but there's no chance it will.

NO... true democracy would be an even quicker demise of our country. But it's coming regardless.

That is why the United States was set up as a Constitutional Republic.

Unfortunately that falls apart when corruption, greed, and lust for power, takes hold in those who are supposed to represent all in a fair and bipartisan manner.

*****SAD SMILE*****

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAsV5-Hv-7U

PACEDOG#1 wrote:http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/obama-emergency-responders-push-republicans-sequester-141651336--politics.html
The GOP in the HOR have passed budgets each year and Harry Reid and the Dems in the Senate always shoot them down. Why doesn't he call out Harry?

This is just another example of BHO not acting like a president. I blame both parties for not doing their job over a number of years however BHO chooses to continue his divisive politics and blame the GOP for something HE proposed doing. If BHO had shown some leadership over the past 4 years I believe there would already be a budget solution in play instead of more rock throwing. What a bunch of idiots.

nochain wrote:

PACEDOG#1 wrote:http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/obama-emergency-responders-push-republicans-sequester-141651336--politics.html
The GOP in the HOR have passed budgets each year and Harry Reid and the Dems in the Senate always shoot them down. Why doesn't he call out Harry?

This is just another example of BHO not acting like a president. I blame both parties for not doing their job over a number of years however BHO chooses to continue his divisive politics and blame the GOP for something HE proposed doing. If BHO had shown some leadership over the past 4 years I believe there would already be a budget solution in play instead of more rock throwing. What a bunch of idiots.

Perhaps....listening and following the advice of HIS created super committee (made up of dems and reps)....Attending budget/economic meetings....Calling for the advice of business leaders to assist in stimulating the economy...Creating and not just talking about an energy policy...etc., There have been so many missed opportunities...

LOL... The sequestration would be less than 3% of the federal budget and the politicians are yelling DOOMSDAY.

gawd we're dumb.

PkrBum wrote:LOL... The sequestration would be less than 3% of the federal budget and the politicians are yelling DOOMSDAY.

gawd we're dumb.

Well, the less the government spends, the less the Fed needs to print money. The Fed likely confirmed this today; markets are selling off.

Sal wrote:Unfortunately for your side, a power point presentation pushing sequestration as a great idea which was produced by Boehner's office has found the light of day.

Whoopsie!

LOL!

Dreamsglore wrote:

Sal wrote:Unfortunately for your side, a power point presentation pushing sequestration as a great idea which was produced by Boehner's office has found the light of day.

Whoopsie!

LOL!

Talk about "LOL" you hyper-partisan hacks:

"Obama’s fanciful claim that Congress ‘proposed’ the sequester":

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/fact-checker/post/obamas-fanciful-claim-that-congress-proposed-the-sequester/2012/10/25/8651dc6a-1eed-11e2-ba31-3083ca97c314_blog.html

As always the King of Red Herring debating is here in force...(SALLY)

Sal wrote:Unfortunately for your side, a power point presentation pushing sequestration as a great idea which was produced by Boehner's office has found the light of day.

Whoopsie!

Why is this "unfortunate" for our side?

President Barack Hussein Obama and his White House advisers proposed the Sequestration. Why is a Sequestration Power Point Presentation a negative for Republicans? This shows we are reaching across the aisle and cooperating.

All President Obama is doing now is still campaigning. He cannot be seen governing, that would connect him with the massive failures.

NOW President Obama is railing against the sequestration. He can't bare the thought of ANY cuts in spending anywhere. He honestly doesn't believe we have a spending problem.

The only thing that needs to be done is to give the various agencies the authority to transfer funds from one line item to another. President Obama and Congress could do that in an hour or two. But they do nothing for America.

nochain wrote:

Dreamsglore wrote:

Sal wrote:Unfortunately for your side, a power point presentation pushing sequestration as a great idea which was produced by Boehner's office has found the light of day.

Whoopsie!

LOL!

Talk about "LOL" you hyper-partisan hacks:

"Obama’s fanciful claim that Congress ‘proposed’ the sequester":

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/fact-checker/post/obamas-fanciful-claim-that-congress-proposed-the-sequester/2012/10/25/8651dc6a-1eed-11e2-ba31-3083ca97c314_blog.html

When Bob Woodward interviewed the cowh for his book...Woodward said it was the cowh that initially was behind the sequester not Congress...Further Rep Backus (D-Montana) stated that this is a White House mess...not totally but he went on to mention that at least the House has debated/compromised and sent forward legislation only to have it shot down with no further discussion....

Sal wrote:Al

The cognitive dissonance is mind boggling.

On both sides of the aisle.