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Paygo - AKA Taxyou

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Well the messiah has just signed the paygo bill (AKA taxyou bill) and says it will help rein in spending. Hey, I just had a flash of brilliance -- how about just stop spending. Thats a great idea...we all know where this cut here so they can spend there will go...they will tax us so they can spend there because democrats dont cut crap except defense spending...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_obama

Obama says new budget rules will rein in spending

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE, Associated Press Writer Darlene Superville, Associated Press Writer – Sat Feb 13, 2:09 pm ET

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama said Saturday new budget rules that say spending cuts must accompany spending increases will force Congress to "pay for what it spends, just like everybody else."

Obama signed a bill Friday reinstating budget rules known as "paygo" — short for "pay as you go."

In place during the 1990s, the rules helped create balanced budgets and surpluses. Obama blames eliminating them for creating much of the $1.3 trillion deficit he faced upon taking office in January 2009 and for a total debt of $8 trillion projected over the next decade.

The president has been trying to show a public alarmed by higher government spending in the midst of an economic downturn that he is taking steps to tighten Washington's purse strings.

But the bill also lifted the cap on the amount of money the U.S. can borrow by $1.9 trillion — to a total of $14.3 trillion. The ceiling was lifted from $12.4 trillion to keep the U.S. from going into default.

In his weekly radio and Internet address, Obama said the "politics of the moment" often overwhelms the desire Democrats and Republicans have to produce balanced budgets — something the federal government legally is not required to do.

"Now, Congress will have to pay for what it spends, just like everybody else," he said.

Obama did not discuss raising the debt ceiling in his message.

The president also repeated a promise to create, by executive order, a panel of Democrats and Republicans to suggest ways for closing the gap between what the government spends and what it collects in revenue. His proposal is weaker than a similar plan recently defeated by the Senate because Congress would not be required to vote on the presidential panel's recommendations.

Obama was expected to sign the executive order as early as next week.

The administration is projecting a $1.56 trillion deficit for the budget year ending Sept. 30.

Republicans mocked Obama for signing the "paygo" bill behind closed doors.

"With a simple stroke of his pen, President Obama now has the ability to continue his binge spending agenda to the tune of an additional $1.9 trillion, the largest one-time increase in our history," Republican Party Chairman Michael Steele said Friday. "Taxpayers will continue to foot the bill for the Democrats' fiscal irresponsibility."
No more catchy slogans for me...I am simply fed up...4...four...4...2+2...

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He is so full of crap I bet his eyes are brown.......... :whistle:
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GS78 wrote:He is so full of crap I bet his eyes are brown.......... :whistle:
Yep and the white line across the top of his forehead means he's a quart low. :hysterical:
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