White House Endorses Yesterday’s Boehner Plan, Funny Math et al
That would be the big blank check for Obama that Boehner insisted was not a blank check.
(Roll Call) — As Speaker John Boehner was rewriting his deficit reduction proposal Tuesday night because the Congressional Budget Office said its cuts were smaller than advertised, the Ohio Republican got some support from an unusual source: the White House.
Jacob Lew, the director of the Office of Management and Budget, argued in a blog post that the spending cuts in Boehner’s measure should be tallied as $1.2 trillion over the next decade, not the $850 billion that the CBO cited. Lew said that’s because all of the deficit reduction discussions so far have been working off of the CBO’s January baseline, not the most recent version, which reflects cuts already made in the continuing resolution funding the government and other laws.
Using the up-to-date baseline would be “confusing,” Lew wrote.
“Don’t get me wrong: there is a lot in Speaker Boehner’s plan that we do not like and actively oppose. But, as this debate continues and intensifies in the coming days, it’s important that we compare apples to apples, and make sure that we are all understanding the facts,” he wrote.
The White House appears to be worried that using the newer baseline would make all of the packages of cuts on the table look significantly smaller. It could also raise the bar for cutting in the short term as lawmakers and the White House struggle to strike a deal on a deficit reduction package that would raise the nation’s debt ceiling.
Boehner’s proposal, according to the CBO, cuts the deficit next year by just $1 billion and $16 billion in fiscal 2013, much less than many conservatives want.
Posted by WM on Wednesday, July 27, 2011, at 10:45 am | 
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A cynic might suggest that Obama endorsed the Boehner plan precisely because the House Republicans already said it was dead.
In other words, the Planless One was endorsing a plan that he knew to be dead in the water already in order to be able to posture as a “compromiser.”
“Boehner’s proposal, according to the CBO, cuts the deficit next year by just $1 billion and $16 billion in fiscal 2013, much less than many conservatives want.”
For that, why bother?
Idiots.
Really; only $1B in cuts? Why do you even bother showing up for work? Maybe you should be tending bar instead of acting like a leader – which we’ve already got in the WH. Just pick up your retirment check and hit the fucking door!
What is Boehner enjoying blowing Hussein now, is that part of the reason why he supports Hussein and wants others to get in line?
Rumor has it Hussein enjoys the service of older white men.
With all the BS being tossed around at no time have the American people told
how much our debt or deficit will be.
I believe only the Ryan plan will achieve a desired goal, lower debt AND balanced revenue/spending.
All other offering will not provide either….and the “wishful” thinking far our spending cuts will be forgotten when future Congresses have to wrestle with
the problem not resolved today.
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Tea Party Quote: “This really is a tipping point. It’s time for the politicians in Washington to decide whose team they are on. If the Republicans only care about what is best for the Republican Party and the Democrats only care about what is best for the Democrat Party, then who is looking out for what is best for the American people?”…….. liberty cannot survive?