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To: Brumar89 who wrote (1053816)

2/8/2018 11:51:20 AM

From: Brumar89

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No. This is Unacceptable.

Erick Erickson

Conservatives in Congress must absolutely vote no on this.

Republicans in Congress are proposing a long term continuing resolution and increase of the debt ceiling. They want to get rid of any and all spending restraint and increase the national debt to well over $20 trillion without any offsets. This is completely unacceptable.

Republicans in Congress should oppose this fiscal recklessness. They are further indebting us to China and risking our national security via our fiscal solvency. They are mortgaging our children's future.

Democrat plans to jack up taxes are unacceptable because they would wreck havoc on the economy and even a 100% tax rate would not generate enough revenue to deal with the problem. Congress must make cuts. Those cuts need to be real cuts, not future prospective cuts that never come.

Conservatives in Congress need to stand up and be heard on this issue. They must vote no and reject this recklessness.

themaven.net

This is Highly Irresponsible
Erik Erickson

Congress will, yet again, raise spending with no real cuts.

The party of less government is jacking up spending with the Democrats. This is highly, highly disappointing and it is hard to see how the Democrats in charge would behave differently.

The latest budget deal will jack up spending by over $300 billion. They will also raise the debt ceiling again.

The agreement increases defense spending this year by $80 billion and domestic spending by $63 billion beyond strict budget caps, according to a summary of the deal obtained by POLITICO. Next year defense spending will increase by $85 billion and domestic funding will be boosted by $68 billion beyond the caps. The deal also includes $140 billion for defense and $20 billion for domestic in emergency spending over two years.

A plan to lift the debt limit, which requires action in the coming weeks, and whether to extend expiring tax provisions were among the few outstanding issues that could be attached to the deal, according to aides in both parties familiar with the talks.

We are exceeding $20 trillion in national debt, which is not sustainable. The Democrat solution of tax increases would not solve the problem as that would slow down the economy and drive dollars out of the United States. Congress needs to cut spending and cut spending dramatically. They are not doing it. There is no incentive for Congress to be responsible with our tax dollars and Congress will bankrupt us as a result.

theresurgent.com

AZ Libertarian

This deal also makes the Republicans look like hypocrites for all of the insistence on austerity and deficit reduction when Obama was in office. Spending without concern for the debt and deficit under Bush, and then returning to the exact same behavior under Trump, supports the argument that Republicans don't really care about fiscal responsibility, and only pretend to do so when out of power to hamper Democratic priorities. It will be much harder to take Republican deficit hawks seriously in the future if they only care about the issue when in the minority.

themaven.net