http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/post/the-worst-idea-in-washington/2011/03/10/AFzQaOIC_blog.html
I like it that the GOP is finally coming to terms with Bill Cinton's superiority to Reagan.
100% of Republican Senators Against 100% of Reagan's Budgets
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I like it that the GOP is finally coming to terms with Bill Cinton's superiority to Reagan.
FriendlyFire
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Obama needs to bail out CFC (too big too fail) before he caves in to Republican demands.
amadeus
Serenity now
Good.
BasketCase
Username sez it all
I call shenanigans on the OP.
What Jolly is miss.....errr, actually all of you are missing this: the "in-violation" budgets that occurred during the Reagan, Bush (which one??) and Clinton administrations were not written by the President. They were agreed upon by the President AND CONGRESS.
Which completely changes the picture, and reveals Jolly's conclusion to be (once again) bullcrap.
During the Reagan Administration, the Senate was sometimes controlled by the Democrats, but mostly controlled by the Republicans--and the Democrats controlled the House all eight years. George Bush Sr. had it even tougher--the Democrats controlled both the Senate and House all four years of his term. Meaning......guess what, folks.....all the budgets Bush Sr. ended up signing were written by DEMOCRATS. With Clinton it's more complicated; the Republicans controlled both houses of Congress for the last six of Clinton's years (including the years when the budget actually ran a surplus!).
Meaning that many (but not all!) of the violating budgets were actually written by the Democrats. And the two Clinton budgets that did not violate? Written by Republicans.
BUUUUSTEEEEED!
What Jolly is miss.....errr, actually all of you are missing this: the "in-violation" budgets that occurred during the Reagan, Bush (which one??) and Clinton administrations were not written by the President. They were agreed upon by the President AND CONGRESS.
Which completely changes the picture, and reveals Jolly's conclusion to be (once again) bullcrap.
During the Reagan Administration, the Senate was sometimes controlled by the Democrats, but mostly controlled by the Republicans--and the Democrats controlled the House all eight years. George Bush Sr. had it even tougher--the Democrats controlled both the Senate and House all four years of his term. Meaning......guess what, folks.....all the budgets Bush Sr. ended up signing were written by DEMOCRATS. With Clinton it's more complicated; the Republicans controlled both houses of Congress for the last six of Clinton's years (including the years when the budget actually ran a surplus!).
Meaning that many (but not all!) of the violating budgets were actually written by the Democrats. And the two Clinton budgets that did not violate? Written by Republicans.
BUUUUSTEEEEED!
Archbob
Ancient CFC Guardian
Maybe if they instead said requires 2/3 majority to change taxes, either raise or lower.
No, still stupid policy to constitutionalize. (And lowering taxes when relevant to balanced budgets is moronic, of course.) A legislature needs more fiscal tools, not less.
Well, if you like California's budget crises and want to nationalize them, be my guest.
I call shenanigans on the OP.
What Jolly is miss.....errr, actually all of you are missing this: the "in-violation" budgets that occurred during the Reagan, Bush (which one??) and Clinton administrations were not written by the President. They were agreed upon by the President AND CONGRESS.
Which completely changes the picture, and reveals Jolly's conclusion to be (once again) bullcrap.
During the Reagan Administration, the Senate was sometimes controlled by the Democrats, but mostly controlled by the Republicans--and the Democrats controlled the House all eight years. George Bush Sr. had it even tougher--the Democrats controlled both the Senate and House all four years of his term. Meaning......guess what, folks.....all the budgets Bush Sr. ended up signing were written by DEMOCRATS. With Clinton it's more complicated; the Republicans controlled both houses of Congress for the last six of Clinton's years (including the years when the budget actually ran a surplus!).
Meaning that many (but not all!) of the violating budgets were actually written by the Democrats. And the two Clinton budgets that did not violate? Written by Republicans.
BUUUUSTEEEEED!
Yeah brah, we already know good things are the fault of Republicans, and bad things are the fault of Democrats.
Ajidica
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The government is not a private individual and need not follow the same rules.
admiral-bell
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Even consumers are allowed to carry debt, that's the point of mortgages and such. If we all had to "live within our means" home ownership would be far more rare.
Cheezy the Wiz
Socialist In A Hurry
You realize that that means the end of national prosperity and capitalism, I hope?
Which is why I support ludicrous proposals like this.
civver_764
Deity
You know if there wasn't a government we wouldn't have to waste time talking about this nonsense.
amadeus
Serenity now
Mr. Dictator
A Chain-Smoking Fox
I hope this gets passed.
I also hope the Republican ticket is Gingrich/Trump.
And I hope they win, and make Palin SoS.
I also hope the Republican ticket is Gingrich/Trump.
And I hope they win, and make Palin SoS.
