Obama Budget Defeated . . . Again

[37L1]

Obama budget defeated 414-0 - Washington Times

Why is this flying under the radar?

Why hasn't anyone mentioned what a colossal failure this represents??

How much money was wasted putting these budgets together only to see them dismally fail without garnering a single vote from his own party?

Has this ever happened before in the history of this country?

Obama's budget for last year (FY 2012) failed to get one vote in the US Senate, 97 - 0.

Obama's budget for this year (FY 2013) failed to get a single vote in the House 414- 0.

Isn't creating and maintaining a budget one of the Chief Executive Officer's most important functions?

Go ahead and reelect him. . .

F A I L !!!!

[daptech]

I'm not sure what to think of Obama. At first I thought he was a "commie".....now I think he
is a mentally ill "commie"..
He is acting weird......today he gave a speech at Univ of Vermont....ranted
about "you are on your own economics"

[Bootzon]

Why would you worry about passing a budget when there are no repercussions for failing to do so, and you can continue doing business with continuing resolutions?

The republicans have shown no resolve to force the issue. Something's got to give.

[bestatchess]

"which calls for major tax increases and yet still adds trillions of dollars to the deficit over the next decade"

WTF is he thinking?

The President's Budget in 62 Seconds - YouTube

The President's Budget in 62 Seconds - YouTube

[Bootzon]

Originally Posted by bestatchess

"which calls for major tax increases and yet still adds trillions of dollars to the deficit over the next decade"

WTF is he thinking?

The President's Budget in 62 Seconds - YouTube

We know, don't we?

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It's just hard to believe.

The question is will enough others recognize it before they succeed?

[chunko]

This is congress being a bunch of douchebags--has nothing to do with Obama.

Bunch of gimmicks and b.s. to grab headlines...exactly what we need from congress.


The democrats thinks nobody has to work--and more welfare is the answer.I

The republicans think the super rich need a break--they have it so rough.


F**K 'em all.


It's seems clear to me that republicans are unified in passing a bunch of bad ideas--and the democrats don't ever get a damn thing done--unless it's some BS to appeal to bleeding hearts.

What amazes me, is how many people here think the republicans are going to fix this mess. HAHHAAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[daptech]

Originally Posted by chunko

...............has nothing to do with Obama..................

nothing??????????....not even a little bit?....you obviously have consumed several gallons of KoolAid..

[helomech]

Originally Posted by chunko

What amazes me, is how many people here think the republicans are going to fix this mess. HAHHAAHAHAHAHAHAHA

This amazes me also. Both parties suck and until everyone figures that out we are screwed.

[37L1]

Originally Posted by helomech

This amazes me also. Both parties suck and until everyone figures that out we are screwed.

ObamaCare wants to help. They bought you this:



Notice the expiration date and where it was made.

[37L1]

Originally Posted by chunko

This is congress being a bunch of douchebags--has nothing to do with Obama.

Bunch of gimmicks and b.s. to grab headlines...exactly what we need from congress.


The democrats thinks nobody has to work--and more welfare is the answer.I

The republicans think the super rich need a break--they have it so rough.


F**K 'em all.


It's seems clear to me that republicans are unified in passing a bunch of bad ideas--and the democrats don't ever get a damn thing done--unless it's some BS to appeal to bleeding hearts.

What amazes me, is how many people here think the republicans are going to fix this mess. HAHHAAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Really?

The President of the United States can't get one person in Congress from his own party to vote for his budget for two years.

Really, he has nothing to do with it?

I guess your mother had nothing to do with birthing you.

[chunko]

The president puts forth a budget, congress (His party) usually works from that as a draft to propose a budget for vote.

Intead, the current democrats have done nothing.

And the republicans put up a vote with just the dollars--without any mention of how to get there (cut taxes, on who? Increase taxes, on who? Cut spending, where?). Nobody would vote for that--but they called it "obama's budget"

Just dumb *** stuff from the republicans, and inaction from democrats. Par for the course.

[chunko]

If Republicans and Democrats were serious about budgets and our debt concerns they would be working together on a passable plan. No one would be happy because it would mean compromise. However, neither side is interested in that now. There is little to no sense of bi-partisan effort on the hill at this point and Obama is well into campaign mode to bother with it.

No real plan offered by Republicans have had much chance of making the Senate floor let alone Obama's desk for signature. You could say Senate Democrats are not interested in budgets at all, not bothering to pass one in well over 1000 days. You could also say that Obama is presenting campaign motivated proposals at this point basically punting until after the election. However, while Republicans are passing plan every now and then, that does not really get Republicans off the hook entirely.

The leverage here is political effort for public opinion headed into an election seasion. We still have a split congress to deal with. Both lead by those not interested in working with the other party. Which supports my position that it is not about any real serious effort. It is about a political effort that seems to be working with their respective bases. In the mean time, no serious solutions offered.

Yeah, that about sums it up.

[bestatchess]

The media spin is pretty hilarious:

House OKs GOP budget but battle shows difficulties in bridging divisions over tougher problems - The Washington Post

WASHINGTON — The Republican-run House has overwhelmingly rejected President Barack Obama’s $3.6 trillion budget for next year after a vote forced by GOP lawmakers to embarrass Democrats.

Republicans have opposed Obama’s budget all year, criticizing its tax increases on the wealthy and saying it lacks sufficient spending cuts.

Those darn Republicans. . . . . uh wut? wait. . . . it was 414 to 0 and there are 193 Democrats in the House. Oh, and how much spending did Obama propose to cut? Was it close to sufficient? Nope, none. Obama wants spending increases. But what about that big circus with the Budget Control Act and Super Committee that was going to make all those cuts? Remember that? Apparently forgotten.

CBO Shows Obama?s Budget Produces Even More Staggering Spending and Debt

[37L1]

“Democrats, independents and Republicans who are tired of the division and distraction that has clouded Washington, who know that we can disagree without being disagreeable, who understand that, if we mobilize our voices to challenge the money and influence that stood in our way and challenge ourselves to reach for something better, there is no problem we cannot solve, there is no destiny that we cannot fulfill.” (Senator Barack Obama, Remarks Following The New Hampshire Primary, 1/8/08)

Not once has the President dealt seriously with the budget and all the problems that go with it, not once in the 3+ years he has been in office. Instead he put all his efforts towards passing a budget busting "Affordable" Health Care Act, playing fiscal jiujitsu with the financial impact of this program and the staged implementation of services so that the bulk of the change and expense will take place well into his second term (if reelected). Nothing has divided this country more in the last 3+ years.

And on top of that, there is a chance that this Act will be moot before the end of his current term, resulting in a great division with nothing to show for it.

Meanwhile the budget deficit continues to increase and each budget he has proposed has done nothing but increase the country's deficit.

Now that's leadership.

[bestatchess]

Originally Posted by Bootzon

We know, don't we?

The "Cloward-Piven Strategy" seeks to hasten the fall of capitalism by overloading the government bureaucracy with a flood of impossible demands, thus pushing society into crisis and economic collapseThe strategy of forcing political change through orchestrated crisis.
Archived-Articles: Cloward-Piven Government

It's just hard to believe.

The question is will enough others recognize it before they succeed?

This is starting to sound plausible to me.

Wayne Allyn Root's Blog - The Real Obama Economic Plan: Overwhelming the System to Destroy Capitalism and Freedom.