Republicans making wonderful cuts in budget - or are they?

[Little-Acorn]

We've all heard that they are cutting five million here, twenty million there, and hey look, a stupendous TWO BILLION DOLLARS cut over there!!!

But... are any of them actually cuts?

Will they result in next year's budget being smaller?

Or did the Democrats merely say, "Well, here's last year's budget, we're going to request that next year's budget be 10% bigger in all departments, as usual. But since you Republicans want cuts, we'll only make next year's budget 9.9% bigger than last year's."

How likely is it, that we've fallen for the oldest trick in the book?

Looks to me like there are no cuts in the budget. There are only increases. In every department. They're just slightly smaller increases than the Dems originally wanted.

Suckers.

Business as usual in Congress, I guess. And nothing changes.

Government will be bigger next year than it was this year. And even bigger next year, and the next, and the next..............

[SassyLady]

We've all heard that they are cutting five million here, twenty million there, and hey look, a stupendous TWO BILLION DOLLARS cut over there!!!

But... are any of them actually cuts?

Will they result in next year's budget being smaller?

Or did the Democrats merely say, "Well, here's last year's budget, we're going to request that next year's budget be 10% bigger in all departments, as usual. But since you Republicans want cuts, we'll only make next year's budget 9.9% bigger than last year's."

How likely is it, that we've fallen for the oldest trick in the book?

Looks to me like there are no cuts in the budget. There are only increases. In every department. They're just slightly smaller increases than the Dems originally wanted.

Suckers.

Business as usual in Congress, I guess. And nothing changes.

Government will be bigger next year than it was this year. And even bigger next year, and the next, and the next..............

You really know how to depress a person don't you AC. :slap:

[fj1200]

Looks to me like there are no cuts in the budget. There are only increases. In every department. They're just slightly smaller increases than the Dems originally wanted.

Who's budget? The WH? The House? Link?

[Trigg]

We've all heard that they are cutting five million here, twenty million there, and hey look, a stupendous TWO BILLION DOLLARS cut over there!!!

But... are any of them actually cuts?

Will they result in next year's budget being smaller?

Or did the Democrats merely say, "Well, here's last year's budget, we're going to request that next year's budget be 10% bigger in all departments, as usual. But since you Republicans want cuts, we'll only make next year's budget 9.9% bigger than last year's."

How likely is it, that we've fallen for the oldest trick in the book?

Looks to me like there are no cuts in the budget. There are only increases. In every department. They're just slightly smaller increases than the Dems originally wanted.

Suckers.

Business as usual in Congress, I guess. And nothing changes.

Government will be bigger next year than it was this year. And even bigger next year, and the next, and the next..............

When they loose their job in the next election, they'll have no one to blaim but themselves.