So you wanna reduce the deficit?
A grand opportunity has just presented itself for Republicans to slash spending. Will they do it? Do they REALLY care about reducing spending, or are they just using it as an excuse to marginalize the poor and huddled masses?
38 Congresscritters just drafted a letter to the supercommittee in charge of deficit reduction calling for the end to the $122 Billion dollars the US pays out in oil subsidies.
Cosigners are as follows:
1. Earl Blumenauer – Oregon (D)
2. Peter Welch – Vermont (D)
3. Raul M. Grijalva – Arizona (D)
4. Louis Capps – California (D)
5. Gwen Moore – Wisconsin (D)
6. Maurice D. Hinchey – New York (D)
7. Eleanor Holmes Norton – District of Columbia (D)
8. Lucille Roybal-Allard – California (D)
9. James P. McGovern – Massachusetts (D)
10. John Lewis – Georgia (D)
11. Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. – Illinois (D)
12. Mazie K. Hirono – Hawaii (D)
13. Louis Slaughter – New York (D)
14. John Garamendi – California (D)
15. Paul Tonko – New York (D)
16. Micahel M. Honda – California (D)
17. Jackie Speier – California (D)
18. John Olver – Massachusetts (D)
19. Jared Polis – Colorado (D)
20. W.M. Lacy Clay – Missouri (D)
21. Alcee L. Hastings – Florida (D)
22. Jim Moran – Virginia (D)
23. Michael H. Michaud – Maine (D)
24. Mike Quigley – Illinois (D)
25. Steve Cohen – Tennessee (D)
26. Susan A. Davis – California (D)
27. Bob Filner – California (D)
28. Tim McDermott – Washington (D)
29. James R. Langevin – Rhode Island (D)
30. Judy Chu – California (D)
31. James A. Himes – Connecticut (D)
32. Frank Pallone, Jr. – New Jersey (D)
33. David N. Cicilline – Rhode Island (D)
34. David E. Price – North Carolina (D)
35. Chellie Pingree – Maine (D)
36. Rush D. Holt – New Jersey (D)
37. John Conyers, Jr. – Michigan (D)
38. Steven R. Rothman – New Jersey (D)
Considering $122 Billion is much more than the $420 million that Republicans wanted cut from public broadcasting, they should jump for joy over this.
Well, that is if they aren’t just full of shit.
What a grand idea! Republicans serious about deficit reduction should jump on this in a heart beat…. But will they? Oh this will be fun.
My guess would be no. It doesn’t have a uterus attached to it.
The Republicans will not put their names on this and will not agree with it. It is their believe that the government should help corporations as the corporations usually expand and create more jobs. In theory, it makes perfect sense. But, it is not fact as many corporations are not bound legally to spend the government bail outs or what ever you want to call it to create more jobs.
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Absolutely. end the 2005 energy act.
Conoco phillips will never create green energy.
My prediction on this would be that two of the supercommittee will say yes, three of the supercommittee will say no, and one will be undecided at first, but end up siding with the nays. The whole thing will be done and over with in about two weeks, if that. We will probably be told it has been taken under advisement and we will never hear anything further about it.
I’m just so optimistic some days. 😯
$420 million = 3% of $122 billion… Yeah, that kind of puts it in perspective.
Lets hope them congresscritters get it together.
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“Writing to your congresscritters about an issue may seem pointless, but when enough people — you and your friends and their friends and THEIR friends — make their voices heard, the congresscritters will realize that their chances of reelection ARE affected by doing the right thing.”
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I am trying to catch up on all the blogs tonight. Being involved with Occupy Clarksville is taking most of my time. I am always with you in spirit when I’m not here on FriendBurst. Keep up the good work.
Republicans are gonna explode over this one- kicking and screaming.
But it, taxing the wealthy, and ending all war/conflict are very viable options that would save the country. Lot of money there to go back into the country.