Category Archives: budget

Budget deal timeline: “No Way”

Posted on July 3, 2011 by ChrisA

Really? “There’s the need to write it, the need to read it, the need to understand it, the need to score it, the need for it to be `real,’ the need for it to be processed and supported by each … Continue reading →

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WHY?

Posted on July 3, 2011 by ChrisA

U.S. Will Pay $2.6 Million to Train Chinese Prostitutes to Drink Responsibly on the Job The National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAA), a part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), will pay $2.6 million in U.S. tax … Continue reading →

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The Gingrich meltdown

Posted on May 19, 2011 by ChrisA

Read all about it. Well, either Newt’s out of touch are the rest of the Republican party is out of touch. I know what Boulderites think as groupthink is easy to predict, but I tend to believe Newt just doesn’t … Continue reading →

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Extreme Positions

Posted on April 3, 2011 by ChrisA

These “extreme” positions of the Tea Party Sen. Schumer so mockingly references are things like “don’t spend more than you take in” and “increasing debt doesn’t bring prosperity.” Or take this really “extreme” position — “I know better than government … Continue reading →

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Democrats: Federal budget rope-a-dope

Posted on March 16, 2011 by ChrisA

What a surprise. No worry that the Daily Camera won’t be complicit in playing their role as a member of the legacy media… Meanwhile, Senate Democratic leaders are attacking GOP spending cuts as “mean-spirited, reckless and irresponsible,” confident that most … Continue reading →

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Is $10.5 billion in cuts “really the best the Democrats can do?”

Posted on March 11, 2011 by ChrisA

So… exactly what are “drastic cuts” to the Federal budget? Jonah Goldberg takes a look. Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace repeatedly pressed Sen. Dick Durbin: Is $10.5 billion in cuts “really the best the Democrats can do?” The No. … Continue reading →

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Top Dems want Social Security off the table in spending battle

Posted on February 21, 2011 by ChrisA

Unexcusable. Politicians on both sides of the aisle, or at least their leadership    DO    NOT    GET   IT. You can read more about “IT” at the Washington Post.  Voters lack confidence politicos in either party will make needed spending cuts YOUBETCHA … Continue reading →

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$500 billion in cuts

Posted on February 7, 2011 by ChrisA

Sweet. A real discussion about the budget must begin now—our economy cannot wait any longer. For 19 months, unemployment has hovered over 9%. After a nearly $1 trillion government stimulus and $2 trillion in Federal Reserve stimulus, the Washington establishment … Continue reading →

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Plan from Deficit commission chairman

Posted on November 11, 2010 by ChrisA

It doesn’t appear that the deficit cutting proposals from the Deficit Commission’s leadership of Erskine Bowls and Alan Simpson will be accepted by the rest of the commission.  Members of both parties have issues with different aspects of the plan. … Continue reading →

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Deficit reduction commission

Posted on June 14, 2010 by ChrisA

Pathetic Watching this Presidential commission discuss strategies for deficit reduction is like watching a pack of gluttons talk about getting in shape while they prowl up and down a buffet table. They linger over the deep-fried mortgage interest deduction caps, … Continue reading →

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Chris Christie takes on the teachers and the librarians

Posted on May 27, 2010 by ChrisA

I like this guy.

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It’s the best they can do…

Posted on July 24, 2009 by ChrisA

California’s budget that is. The most damning aspect of this tiresome situation is that the best budget our political system can produce is deceptive and fundamentally dishonest. It should tell us that we have a much bigger problem than an … Continue reading →

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$3million for logo design

Posted on April 23, 2009 by ChrisA

What the ‘f? Is management at the Department of Homeland Security so stoopid that they need the President to tell them that’s a ridiculous amount of money for logos and seals? Hell, it should be easy to cut $1billion from … Continue reading →

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Perhaps he won’t sign it?

Posted on March 11, 2009 by ChrisA

Not a chance. I’m sure President Obama will proudly sign the pork laden, fiscally irresponsible omnibus budget bill.

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Gimmicks in the budget

Posted on February 27, 2009 by ChrisA

From todays IBD editorial… Phony baseline spending forecasts. Obama’s budget assumes that the government will continue to spend $170 billion a year on the Iraq War until the end of time. By cutting that number back, he magically credits himself … Continue reading →

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NFK

Posted on June 25, 2007 by ChrisA

Glenn Reynolds has a way with words…. “Of course, if they’d done this kind of thing a year ago, they might still be in the majority.” http://instapundit.com/archives2/006564.php

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