Sunday, February 12, 2012

Obama and Democrats Dodge Budget

OBAMA ADMINISTRATION LIES TO DODGE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE BUDGET

President Obama will offer his FY 2013 budget tomorrow. Already, leaks indicate that it will call for more spending, higher taxes, and a $1.3 trillion deficit for the current year. We have now gone for three years without having a federal budget, because the Democratic Senate refuses to pass one. Obama’s proposed budget is more or less irrelevant, as Harry Reid won’t bring it to the floor of the Senate. Mitch McConnell says he will, and if he does, it likely will be voted down 97-0, like Obama’s last proposed budget, or something similar.

The Democrats can’t defend their fiscal fecklessness. Harry Reid says that he has no intention of passing a budget this year. After three years without a federal budget, in violation of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the Democrats are desperate to rationalize their irresponsible conduct. This morning on two news shows, State of the Union and Meet the Press, Obama’s Chief of Staff Jack Lew lied–I use the word advisedly–by trying to blame the Senate’s three-year failure to pass a budget on Republican filibusters.

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