Obama's new proposed budget has much to like-starting with moving out of the the usual 'budget deficit feedback loop.'
http://diaryofarepublicanhater.blogspot.com/2015/02/obamas-new-budget-shows-theres-life.html
The GOP claims it's 'not serious'-which they say after every one of his budgets as they don't like it and won't pass it-so what's serious is a budget that they like, they are the arbiters of what is serious? As Greg Sargent points out budgets are statements of policy priorities. Obama has moved the goal posts with this statement of priorites.
"Because it breaks with the Beltway Deficit Feedback Loop — and because Republicans won’t accept most of these proposals — this budget will likely be derided by some observers as Deeply Unserious. But budgets are statements of policy priorities. The question is not: Is it good or bad to reduce the deficit as an isolated end unto itself? Rather, the question is this: At a time when the deficit has fallen, is keeping the deficit at amanageable level — as opposed to cutting it right away — a worthwhile tradeoff in exchange for the budget’s other policy proposals? Hopefully those who are tempted to deride these priorities as Unserious will explainwhy getting rid of the deficit should be a higher immediate priority than addressing the deep problems the budget does purport to address."
"Speaking of budgets as statements of priorities, Republicans are likely to move forward with proposals that balance the budget in 10 years with no new revenues from the wealthy. Similar Republican budgets from the past would have required deep cuts that would have fallen heavily on programs helping lower income people. Meanwhile, as Danny Vinik explains, Republicans claim they want to invest in infrastructure but refuse to say how they’d pay for it. One hopes the GOP proposals will also be subjected to the Seriousness Test, too."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2015/02/02/morning-plum-obama-seeks-to-break-the-beltway-deficit-feedback-loop/
As the GOP is the arbiter on seriousness, it's only fair that they show us what a serious budget is but of course, in truth, they never do. They never explain how they will get there.
Meanwhile, conservatives often tell us that income inequality just doens't matter-for those struggling they're message is: tough toe nails. That's Sumner's answer. However, Paul Ryan apparently thinks it matters as he's blaming Obama for it
Of course, he has no plan serious or otherwise to do anything about inequality other than wrongly blaming Obama for it. That's about the only thing the GOP every gets serious about'it;s Obama's fault.'
http://diaryofarepublicanhater.blogspot.com/2015/02/obamas-new-budget-shows-theres-life.html
The GOP claims it's 'not serious'-which they say after every one of his budgets as they don't like it and won't pass it-so what's serious is a budget that they like, they are the arbiters of what is serious? As Greg Sargent points out budgets are statements of policy priorities. Obama has moved the goal posts with this statement of priorites.
"Because it breaks with the Beltway Deficit Feedback Loop — and because Republicans won’t accept most of these proposals — this budget will likely be derided by some observers as Deeply Unserious. But budgets are statements of policy priorities. The question is not: Is it good or bad to reduce the deficit as an isolated end unto itself? Rather, the question is this: At a time when the deficit has fallen, is keeping the deficit at amanageable level — as opposed to cutting it right away — a worthwhile tradeoff in exchange for the budget’s other policy proposals? Hopefully those who are tempted to deride these priorities as Unserious will explainwhy getting rid of the deficit should be a higher immediate priority than addressing the deep problems the budget does purport to address."
"Speaking of budgets as statements of priorities, Republicans are likely to move forward with proposals that balance the budget in 10 years with no new revenues from the wealthy. Similar Republican budgets from the past would have required deep cuts that would have fallen heavily on programs helping lower income people. Meanwhile, as Danny Vinik explains, Republicans claim they want to invest in infrastructure but refuse to say how they’d pay for it. One hopes the GOP proposals will also be subjected to the Seriousness Test, too."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2015/02/02/morning-plum-obama-seeks-to-break-the-beltway-deficit-feedback-loop/
As the GOP is the arbiter on seriousness, it's only fair that they show us what a serious budget is but of course, in truth, they never do. They never explain how they will get there.
Meanwhile, conservatives often tell us that income inequality just doens't matter-for those struggling they're message is: tough toe nails. That's Sumner's answer. However, Paul Ryan apparently thinks it matters as he's blaming Obama for it
Of course, he has no plan serious or otherwise to do anything about inequality other than wrongly blaming Obama for it. That's about the only thing the GOP every gets serious about'it;s Obama's fault.'
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