Fabulous idea for budget settlement seen on Jon Cooper on Twitter

[cilla4progress]

Link to tweet

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[bringthePaine]

1. sweet genius! nicely turned...

[PoliticAverse]

2. Actually Manchin has specifically indicated he wouldn't "fall for that" gimmick. n/t

[Amishman]

3. Probably not that simple

Part of the reason these types of bills go out as far as possible is there is a ramp up time for most forms of offsetting revenue. Savings from lowered drug prices, implementing and collecting new taxes - these types of things will take a year or more to really kick in. Spending on the other hand, is easy to do quickly.

So cutting the period probably plays havoc with how the bill is funded.

[mopinko]

4. like many simple answers to complex questions, this one is wrong.

esp on climate stuff. that needs a long timeline.
but the rest of it too. would you open a new day care center if you knew that the whole financial picture could change in 5 years?
transformative change cant happen in little bites.

eta- this isnt a new idea. i heard jayapal talking about the free community college being something they could do for 5 years.

[cilla4progress]

5. Look it's all funny money any eay you cut it

Coming up with a sneaky strategy - playing politics at the same level - may be the only way!

[cilla4progress]

6. Reading today that Biden

Is considering this!!

[cilla4progress]

7. Reading today that Biden

Is considering this!!