tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053585.post142494786124162681..comments2024-03-26T17:44:07.430-04:00Comments on Viking Pundit: Donald sharpens the axeErichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15911276942829790135noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053585.post-65837819147415738872017-01-21T12:35:55.112-05:002017-01-21T12:35:55.112-05:00Well, let's start AND END with Big Bird.
Nah...<i>Well, let's start <b>AND END</b> with Big Bird.</i><br /><br /><br />Nah, I'm just teasing you. That's not true.<br /><br />Because Big Bird is on HBO now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053585.post-59749811387229232282017-01-21T11:53:07.181-05:002017-01-21T11:53:07.181-05:00I totally agree, but when will there ever be the s...I totally agree, but when will there ever be the slightest sliver of pain for piling trillions of dollars of debt onto future generations? Robert Samuelson writes the same annual article about how Washington can never cut Amtrak even though it's just an expensive subsidy to well-heeled businessmen on the Northeast Corridor.<br /><br />I've been writing forever that entitlement spending Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15911276942829790135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053585.post-74484268961681342022017-01-20T21:06:05.940-05:002017-01-20T21:06:05.940-05:00You know perfectly well that going after PBS is a ...You know perfectly well that going after PBS is a patently frivolous and lazy sop to the dummies. It does nothing to address the deficit, most particularly in conjunction with Trump's stated opposition to trimming Social Security, Medicare or military spending. <br /><br />But when you cheer for the monorail salesman, you may as well get your monorail.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053585.post-27130056251123689012017-01-20T20:06:34.944-05:002017-01-20T20:06:34.944-05:00Yes, American taxpayers need to subsidize these se...Yes, American taxpayers need to subsidize these selfless workers on public television.<br /><br />http://www.therichest.com/celebnetworth/celeb/tv-personality/bob-vila-net-worth/Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15911276942829790135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053585.post-77691776526352751052017-01-20T13:56:31.326-05:002017-01-20T13:56:31.326-05:00Not exactly. $353 billion is the finding under th...Not exactly. $353 billion is the finding under the CBO's traditional scoring method. It's normally <i>included,</i> not excluded. The $137 billion figure is after applying the more speculative and less stable "dynamic scoring" model favored by Republicans, and that calculation was at the request of Sen. Mike Enzi. You'll never guess which Senator shot out a press releaseAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053585.post-76878129075781216992017-01-20T11:53:05.624-05:002017-01-20T11:53:05.624-05:00The CBO top line is $137 billion; the $353 billion...The CBO top line is $137 billion; the $353 billion is taking from a scenario that the CBO recognizes is normally excluded. But since we're talking alternatives, I'll copy the next line from this report:<br />"Repeal of the ACA would raise economic output, mainly by boosting the supply of labor; the resulting increase in GDP is projected to average about 0.7 percent over the 2021–Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15911276942829790135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053585.post-28474238967059704542017-01-20T10:53:21.478-05:002017-01-20T10:53:21.478-05:00The CBO says $350 billion. That's like what C...The CBO says $350 billion. That's like what China is spending on renewable energy development in the next four years. Studies that don't assume a genuine "replace" element say as much as $3.1 trillion. Either way, it's money smartly spent.<br /><br />Besides, the GOP doesn't want people to waste their time arguing about numbers. They're too modest to want the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053585.post-2138191122047460272017-01-20T08:19:51.212-05:002017-01-20T08:19:51.212-05:00It would be a shame to repeal the various Obamacar...It would be a shame to repeal the various Obamacare taxes and penalties that are dragging the economy into the dumpster.<br /><br />Wow, $137 billion over 10 years. That's like Obama's deficit spending for...August.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053585.post-7127196750936731752017-01-19T23:24:43.222-05:002017-01-19T23:24:43.222-05:00The money we'll be saving on PBS and the Natio...The money we'll be saving on PBS and the National Endowments between now and (literally) the year 2499 will exactly offset the taxpayer cost of repealing Obamacare. #fiscalhawks #thepathtoprosperity #adultsintheroomAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053585.post-432011461526159082017-01-19T23:11:39.143-05:002017-01-19T23:11:39.143-05:00As somebody who has been arguing forever for entit...As somebody who has been arguing forever for entitlement reform, I say bring on the unserious budget cuts.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053585.post-60169071427831425542017-01-19T20:23:34.481-05:002017-01-19T20:23:34.481-05:00This is the same budget that was voted down by a 1...This is the same budget that was voted down by a 162-vote margin in 2015 by the GOP House.<br /><br /><br /><i>The Corporation for Public Broadcasting would be privatized, while the National Endowment for the Arts and National Endowment for the Humanities would be eliminated entirely.</i><br /><br />Now that's evidence of fiscal seriousness. 0.006% down, just 99.994% of our unsustainable Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com