Ryan to Geithner – Why propose a budget you admit is not credible, not sustainable?
Posted by admin in Finance Friday, 12 November 2010 11:05 25 Comments
republicans.waysandmeans.house.gov www.americanroadmap.org http www.house.gov twitter.com www.facebook.com From today’s House Ways and Means Committee hearing of President Obama’s FY2011 Budget. Congressman Paul Ryan: I brought up page 146 in your budget which is your S-1 budget totals ((www.whitehouse.gov When you take a look at this, I just find this amazing. Youve got budget totals here, which by your own admission, from your own Budget Director, and youre a smart guy, youve got smart economists over there, all of them say, that for the medium and long-run budget deficits have to get below 3% of GDP, yet this budget plan that youre bringing to us doesnt even get close to it. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner: Youre exactly right. Ryan: Since I have three minutes, you have this warning under here. Its like a warning on a cigarette pack. You have this little magic box underneath your budget totals that says: were going to have a commission do it. Were going to have this partisan commission, with a 2 to 1 ratio of Democrats and Republicans, that will give us a report after the election. Geithner: Its not a 2 to 1 ratio, thats not fair. And let me say it slightly differently, were going to solve our part of the mess we inherited. We inherited a structural deficit and to bring that down, were going to have to work together. Ryan: Why dont you solve this problem in your Budget? You run the government, if you are going to solve our fiscal situation, why dont you do that? Why …
Paul Ryan is incredible in this video. Aggressive and very, very sharp. Geithner, mouch.
Geithner is a piece of SHIT
BOTH PARTIES ARE TO BLAME AND WE THE PEOPLE ARE TIRED OF THE BACK AND FORTH!!! FIX THE FUCKING PROBLEMS AND STOP POINTING FINGERS
After this, obammieCare was Pushed thru to Make More than $1,000,000,000,000 More Debt.
Tiny timmie is just another one of obammie’s Disasters!!
Geithner is still playing the blame game, he wants assistance from the other side after him and the other cronies have made a bigger mess then the one they say they inherited,blame blame blame. If he sounds like the Devil, looks like the Devil and acts like the Devil h,ummmmmmm???
I pray someone convinces Paul Ryan to run for President
I hope all you unemployed, and soon to be unemployed inbred right wingers remember not one republican voted to extend unemployment comp!
AND, the very first thing they will do if they get the majority is to cut taxes for the wealthy elite. This is where thier hearts are at. How’s that trickle down economics working for you? SUCKERS!!!
I hope all you unemployed, and soon to be unemployed inbred right wingers remember not one republican voted to extend unemployment comp!
AND, the very first thing they will do if they get the majority is to cut taxes for the wealthy elite. This is where thier hearts are at. How’s that trickle down economics working for you? SUCKERS!!!
@Vetwolf13: They didn’t DENY affordable health care. They had alternate ideas as to achieve the same goals without having the Government take over the industry. The Democrats in lockstep, disavowed any Republican ideas and input as being “obstructionist” and labeled them unfairly as the “party of no”.
The Republicans had only one choice – join the Democratic bandwagon and shut up, or argue in a losing battle.
They chose the high road – good for them!
@SLB203: Here’s another fact; Slightly under half of the folks in our country pay the taxes in this country. The other 45% live tax free.
Now, can you call this a sustainable model for the future of our country?
Is Government socialist class leveling being forced on a minority of wealthier folks in our country fair?
@Vetwolf13: perhaps the fact that the richest 5% of Americans pay the majority of the taxes. Just simple math.
Trickle down means that if the rich (who own the businesses we work in, donate to the universities we attend, etc) have more in their pockets, they will give more, spend more and hire more.
It worked before.
Is forced social class leveling by the Government fair in your eyes? It is if you’re the one getting the free money.
@divisioneight – lol That was a perfect comment.
wow! the top 1 % of earners pay 50-60% of the federal budget..are you kidding me…
Jeezus… Obama is Bush’s fault. Paul Ryan made those Dem’s look dumber than ever. What a bunch of crooked- in your face liars
The very first thing Boner, Ryan and the rest of the right wing clan will do if they get the majority will be to CUT TAXES FOR THE WEALTHY! Just like Bush did. How’s that trickle down economics working for you? Suckers!
@Vetwolf13 The 20% wealthiest in America pay about 80% of the taxes in this country. I have no idea where you got the notion that they pay the least amount of taxes in your other post. It’s not an opinion, it is a fact. You can look it up if you want.
Ryan schooled Geithner here, and seeing Rangel with the gavel, no wonder we’re in the mess we are in now.
Come November – we WILL REMEMBER!
Tim Geithner, did not pay his taxes until nominated. He is a low rent liar.
@ltkhokie1 As far as I’m concerned the banks own both parties and have for a while. What bothers me is the right wings blatant need to give the wealthiest of us tax cuts, knowing full well the rest of us will have to make up the difference. I say tax em more-they can afford it. If they want to live in America they should pay thier fair share!
@Vetwolf13 You obviously didn’t listen to a word Ryan was saying. Geithner did not answer at all why they wouldn’t make a budget. Just kept bringing up bush’s deficit that he’s making worse, and now he’s hiding it by not showing his spending in a budget. You cannot be so naive to have so much trust in these big spending government control advocates.
The very first thing Boner, Ryan and the rest of the right wing clan will do if they get the majority will be to CUT TAXES FOR THE WEALTHY! Just like Bush did. How’s that trickle down economics working for you? Suckers!
This guy is exactly what we need in Washington. Geithner is a criminal. Ryan doesn’t mince words. Hang in there and fight the good fight congressman Ryan, we need you!
Let’s see-Ryan and the rest of his clan fought tooth and nail to deny Americans affordable health care. Then they fought to deny unemployed Americans compensation. But when the wealthiest (who pay the least in taxes) want a tax cut Ryan says “Hey, no problem” The right wing exists to enrich the wealthy at the expense of the middle class. No thanks Ryan, the American middle class has enough of a burden already, America deserves better!
Geithner is a lying sack of shit…..and we ought to put him in prison before he escapes to France.
Geithner got pwned!!!!
TAX CHEATER Timmy is lost with the truth.