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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"Boehner Grasps For Benghazi As CBO Destroys GOP Spending Cuts"
Boehner Grasps For Benghazi As CBO Destroys GOP Spending Cutshttp://aattp.org/boehner-grasps-benghazi-cbo-destroys-gop-spending-cuts/
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The CBO has stated in a recent report that GOP spending cuts are not helping the deficit. John Boehner turned his attention quickly over to Benghazi as the reports were made public. PoliticusUSA reported recently on the new information.
On Tuesday, the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) reported that the nations debt is $231 billion less than the budget shortfall for the same period last year, and they also highlighted the fact the declining debt is entirely due to increased revenue and not Republican spending cuts that do more harm to the economy than good.
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The reports come at an inconvenient time for Republicans politically as the economy grows due to more revenues and once again shows the problems with massive spending cuts during a time of recession. The economic upturn is partially fueled by rising home prices and largely due to the payroll tax hikes which were taken on by the 93% of Americans who werent considered top wage earners in 2009-2011. Home prices put more value into the pockets of homeowners who survived through the insanity with the banks and the money coming out of paychecks everywhere funded the rest of the debt recovery which is now on a downward trend. The draconian cuts imposed by the elected Representatives from 2010 added an additional 1% unemployment to the country and tanked Public Sector growth just as Obamas policies were helping the Private Sector growth. John Boehner and crew have been busy punching holes in the dam while Obama runs to fix the holes they make. We are pretty sure at this point that the word fiscally responsible is a phrase that has some double meaning we are not seeing yet.
Like any other trapped rat, Boehner turned his attention to any lifeline that he could grab hold of. Boehner has since decided that if he is to avoid answering for the GOPs attempt to destroy the government, he must turn to Benghazi with the partisan conspiracy theorists are trying to pummel Obama and Hillary Clinton for embassy security cuts which were proposed and voted for by the same people on the Oversight committee managing the hearings. Only 1 of the Republicans who is appointed to the Oversight committee voted against the cuts to military security funding. So Boehners sudden interest in the problems around Benghazi are not going to be the beginning of the GOPs problems coming into mid-term election season.
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"Boehner Grasps For Benghazi As CBO Destroys GOP Spending Cuts" (Original Post)
applegrove
May 2013
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Half-Century Man
(5,279 posts)1. Excuse me sir, sir
Sir. yes you crouched over that pile of twigs wasting matches........your ass is on fire.
sheshe2
(83,654 posts)2. They need to be in jail, not in congress.
Boehner and House Republicans are trying to squirm away from a massive theft from the American people and they are now pandering to a non-issue to avoid answering up to it.
Thanks applegrove!