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After months of tough talk, House Republicans ran away from defense cuts last week –and that spells more trouble now for deficit reduction talks at the White House, already beset by differences over taxes.
In three days of floor debate, even modest reductions at the expense of military bands or the Pentagon’s sponsorship of NASCAR races to promote recruitment were opposed by the majority of GOP lawmakers. And the $649.2 billion appropriations bill, including $118.6 billion for wars overseas, sailed through Friday with only a dozen Republicans in opposition.
When conservative freshman Rep. Mick Mulvaney of South Carolina proposed to freeze core Pentagon spending at 2011 levels, he was run over by almost three-quarters of his party. A bipartisan compromise, which would have preserved an $8.5 billion increase, fared no better, getting just 47 Republicans — less than half the number that voted to wipe out the entire
“The military budget is not on the table,” said a frustrated Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.). “The military is at the table, and it is eating everybody else’s lunch.”
da chicken hawks have spoken
Obama adopted a measured but stern tone throughout the news conference, insisting that congressional Republicans must be willing to give a little to get a deal done. I dont see a path to a deal if they dont budge, period, he said.
It is possible for us to construct a package that is balanced, shares sacrifice, would involve both parties taking on sacred cows, he said. He noted his own reluctance to make to concessions on Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security to reach an agreement with Republicans, but said he is willing to do so even if that means upsetting members of his own party who dont want to see any changes to those programs.
has always been this way with humans-duh!5. When half of the people get the idea that they do not have to work because the other half is going to take care of them, and when the other half gets the idea that it does no good to work, because somebody else is going to get what they work for, this is the beginning of the end of any nation.
They should balk at cuts to the military.
We happen to have several wars in progress. And we're going to start cutting funds to our men and women in harms way?
Why not cut the Dept. of Education? A total miserable failure.
And HUD?
And the U.S. Postal Service?
And about 50,000 deadbeat TSA employees?
For starters.
This is true, but the Defense Department should be cut just like any other gov't dept., just less.They should balk at cuts to the military.
We happen to have several wars in progress. And we're going to start cutting funds to our men and women in harms way?
Why not cut the Dept. of Education? A total miserable failure.
And HUD?
And the U.S. Postal Service?
And about 50,000 deadbeat TSA employees?
For starters.
They should balk at cuts to the military.
We happen to have several wars in progress. And we're going to start cutting funds to our men and women in harms way?
Why not cut the Dept. of Education? A total miserable failure.
And HUD?
And the U.S. Postal Service?
And about 50,000 deadbeat TSA employees?
For starters.
So you're saying there is no waste in the Military? U.S Postal Service has always gone under numerous cuts by the way.
They should balk at cuts to the military.
We happen to have several wars in progress.
Meanwhile...
President Obama: 'Let's step up. Let's do it.' - Jennifer Epstein - POLITICO.com
Obama adopted a measured but stern tone throughout the news conference, insisting that congressional Republicans must be willing to give a little to get a deal done. “I don’t see a path to a deal if they don’t budge, period,” he said.
“It is possible for us to construct a package that is balanced, shares sacrifice, would involve both parties taking on sacred cows,” he said. He noted his own reluctance to make to concessions on Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security to reach an agreement with Republicans, but said he is willing to do so even if that means upsetting members of his own party who don’t want to see any changes to those programs.
It's quite clear who's the adult in the room.
They should balk at cuts to the military.
We happen to have several wars in progress.
But we should slash all social safety nets while unemployment is over 9%?
That makes no sense.
They should balk at cuts to the military.
We happen to have several wars in progress.
But we should slash all social safety nets while unemployment is over 9%?
That makes no sense.
he wasn't talking about social safety nets. he was talking about the military.
They should balk at cuts to the military.
We happen to have several wars in progress. And we're going to start cutting funds to our men and women in harms way?
Why not cut the Dept. of Education? A total miserable failure.
And HUD?
And the U.S. Postal Service?
And about 50,000 deadbeat TSA employees?
For starters.
So you're saying there is no waste in the Military? U.S Postal Service has always gone under numerous cuts by the way.
you're assuming the cuts will get rid of the waste and not the necessities.
So you're saying there is no waste in the Military? U.S Postal Service has always gone under numerous cuts by the way.
you're assuming the cuts will get rid of the waste and not the necessities.
How soon they forget the up armored humvee fiasco...
you're assuming the cuts will get rid of the waste and not the necessities.
How soon they forget the up armored humvee fiasco...
wasn't that when Bush didn't care enough about our troops?
They should balk at cuts to the military.
We happen to have several wars in progress. And we're going to start cutting funds to our men and women in harms way?
Why not cut the Dept. of Education? A total miserable failure.
And HUD?
And the U.S. Postal Service?
And about 50,000 deadbeat TSA employees?
For starters.
So you're saying there is no waste in the Military? U.S Postal Service has always gone under numerous cuts by the way.
you're assuming the cuts will get rid of the waste and not the necessities.
How soon they forget the up armored humvee fiasco...
wasn't that when Bush didn't care enough about our troops?
