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**VemyhemiHef** · 09-04-2011, 07:51 PM

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/09/us...l.html?_r=1&hp

A deal to fund the gov't until next Thursday was reached, in which time both the House and Senate will pass and President Obama will sign next week the single-largest dollar cut in US history at an estimated $38 billion for the remainder of this fiscal year.

Throw in the other $10 billion in cuts from the already-passed House extensions from recent weeks and it adds up to nearly 80% of the pro-rated figure that House Republicans had sought at the beginning of their two-year term three months ago.

Yep--a little disapointing--but let's face it Obama and Harry didn't want to cut anything from this budget. Obama wanted 6 billion and Reid proposed 3 billion. So 38 billion is a lot higher that what democrats would have cut.

Obviously---there is much more work to do. I really don't know how we're going to get rid of a 14.3 trillion dollar deficit. It's going to have to come down on social security--medicare--medicade and military spending.

What was interesting--was what was forced on democrats.

1. Obama will not be able to hire more IRS agents to enforce his Obamacare.
2. The senate will have to vote on Obamacare by itself to see if there are any nervous moderate democrats out there--who may have a change of heart.
3. What democrats took out of the bill regarding taxpayer funded abortions regarding Planned parenthood in 2009 will now be put back insuring that taxpayer dollars are NOT used for abortions. At any rate the FIGHT has just begun.

09-04-2011, 07:51 PM	#34
VemyhemiHef Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 591 Senior Member	http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/09/us...l.html?_r=1&hp A deal to fund the gov't until next Thursday was reached, in which time both the House and Senate will pass and President Obama will sign next week the single-largest dollar cut in US history at an estimated $38 billion for the remainder of this fiscal year. Throw in the other $10 billion in cuts from the already-passed House extensions from recent weeks and it adds up to nearly 80% of the pro-rated figure that House Republicans had sought at the beginning of their two-year term three months ago. Yep--a little disapointing--but let's face it Obama and Harry didn't want to cut anything from this budget. Obama wanted 6 billion and Reid proposed 3 billion. So 38 billion is a lot higher that what democrats would have cut. Obviously---there is much more work to do. I really don't know how we're going to get rid of a 14.3 trillion dollar deficit. It's going to have to come down on social security--medicare--medicade and military spending. What was interesting--was what was forced on democrats. 1. Obama will not be able to hire more IRS agents to enforce his Obamacare. 2. The senate will have to vote on Obamacare by itself to see if there are any nervous moderate democrats out there--who may have a change of heart. 3. What democrats took out of the bill regarding taxpayer funded abortions regarding Planned parenthood in 2009 will now be put back insuring that taxpayer dollars are NOT used for abortions. At any rate the FIGHT has just begun.
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