GOP seeks austerity

[Truthmatters]

House GOP seeks austerity - TheHill.com


Republicans and Democrats clashed Monday on what is expected to be a chief battleground of the 2012 election — the fiscal plans of Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) and House Republicans.

A day after voters in France and Greece toppled governments in a European backlash against austerity measures, Republicans moved forward with legislation to replace $78 billion in automatic spending cuts to defense and discretionary domestic spending with a much larger $261 billion cut focused only on domestic spending.

The GOP said its bill highlights the Democrats’ obsessions with raising taxes and inability to accept even reasonable spending cuts to a government that is $16 trillion in debt.

 

[Katzndogz]

If they haven't, they should.

 

[LogikAndReazon]

Not Now !!!

Not when soooooooooooooooooooo many suffer and need programs..........

Social Justice and Equality of Outcomes for Sale !!!!!

 

[SniperFire]

I only wish they were really seeking austerity.

 

[Skull Pilot]

Austerity won't be enough to fix the damage our inept government has caused.

We need Spartanism to the third power to even begin to fix this government fuck up.

 

[WillowTree]

House GOP seeks austerity - TheHill.com


Republicans and Democrats clashed Monday on what is expected to be a chief battleground of the 2012 election — the fiscal plans of Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) and House Republicans.

A day after voters in France and Greece toppled governments in a European backlash against austerity measures, Republicans moved forward with legislation to replace $78 billion in automatic spending cuts to defense and discretionary domestic spending with a much larger $261 billion cut focused only on domestic spending.

The GOP said its bill highlights the Democrats’ obsessions with raising taxes and inability to accept even reasonable spending cuts to a government that is $16 trillion in debt.

Yeah,, how about those weasly dishonest fucking greeks, they took handouts from everybody with the promise that they would practice austerity,, and now they've re nigged.. bet they won't get no more fucking handouts..

 

[Zoom-boing]

Leftist thinking:

Cutting spending and living within your means = BAD!

Jacking taxes and spend, spend, spending till we implode = GOOD!

 

[Truthmatters]

when in history has austerity brought an economy back from world wide recession?

 

[Truthmatters]

Never

 

[Skull Pilot]

when in history has austerity brought an economy back from world wide recession?

When has a government that spent 40% more than it's revenue ever survived?

 

[LogikAndReazon]

Balanced budgets, debt reduction and economic restraint and accountability may work for individuals, but never for welfare dependent , neo-progressive vote whores......................

 

[WillowTree]

Never

now list the times that massive spending and unsustainable debt have.. go ahead we'll wait.

 

[SniperFire]

Never

The Depression of 1920-21, for example.

 

[Truthmatters]

who asked for that as a solution?

The new deal

 

[Katzndogz]

When has spending money you don't have brought prosperity? To anyone, ever.

 

[California Girl]

Leftist thinking:

Cutting spending and living within your means = BAD!

Jacking taxes and spend, spend, spending till we implode = GOOD!

Cloward Piven anyone?

 

[Truthmatters]

Never

The Depression of 1920-21, for example.

Depression of 1920


it was NOT world wide and it was a post war drop.

that is why it was so short lived

 

[SniperFire]

Never

The Depression of 1920-21, for example.

that is why it was so short lived

Wrong. It was short lived because Harding let it crash instead of trying to prop it up, thereby extending the misery like FDR and Obama have done.

 

[NYcarbineer]

[A day after voters in France and Greece toppled governments in a European backlash against austerity measures, Republicans moved forward with legislation to replace $78 billion in automatic spending cuts to defense and discretionary domestic spending with a much larger $261 billion cut focused only on domestic spending.

Right out of the script I laid out awhile back. The Republicans don't want shared sacrifice; they want partisan sacrifice.

Their 'austerity' plan exempts their benefactors, ie., the Rich, the defense lobby, the oil lobby, etc.,

from making sacrifices. The sacrifices and belt tightening fall on Democratic constituencies.

 

[Truthmatters]

Never

The Depression of 1920-21, for example.

Depression of 1920


it was NOT world wide and it was a post war drop.

that is why it was so short lived

Government response





Representatives attending the 1921 Conference on Unemployment held in Washington, D.C.
President Warren Harding convened a President's Conference on Unemployment at the instigation of then Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover as a result of rising unemployment during the recession. About 300 eminent members of industry, banking and labor were called together in September 1921 to discuss the problem of unemployment. Hoover organized the economic conference and a committee on unemployment. The committee established a branch in every state having substantial unemployment, along with sub-branches in local communities and mayors' emergency committees in 31 cities. The committee contributed relief to the unemployed, and also organized collaboration between the local and federal governments. President Warren G. Harding signed the Emergency Tariff of 1921 and the Fordney–McCumber Tariff which was supported by the Republican Party and conservatives and generally opposed by the Democratic Party and liberal progressives.