U.S. Senate Democrats on Tuesday blocked a Republican effort to win quick approval for a bill providing emergency aid to Israel that passed the House of Representatives last week, but that provides no assistance for Ukraine's war against Russia.
In fairness, yes. If we consider the perspective of the GOP as a legitimate attempt to balance budgets, tying foreign aid to cuts elsewhere in spending makes sense. Then reality shows up, taps us on the shoulder and we quickly discover that the GOP’s views on “balanced budgets” is actually just a smoke screen for “cut stuff we don’t like” and the whole argument falls apart.
So ya, sticking with the “asinine” descriptor.
well you can also balance budgets by raising taxes or even just collecting income, investment, and corporate taxes equally and having tiers that don’t cap at six figures.
In seriousness, just rolling back the Bush era tax cuts would provide a huge boost to Federal Government revenue. There are a lot of other possible options, as well, which could raise revenue. But, the GOP never met a tax cut they didn’t like and a tax increase they didn’t hate.
In fairness, yes. If we consider the perspective of the GOP as a legitimate attempt to balance budgets, tying foreign aid to cuts elsewhere in spending makes sense. Then reality shows up, taps us on the shoulder and we quickly discover that the GOP’s views on “balanced budgets” is actually just a smoke screen for “cut stuff we don’t like” and the whole argument falls apart.
So ya, sticking with the “asinine” descriptor.
well you can also balance budgets by raising taxes or even just collecting income, investment, and corporate taxes equally and having tiers that don’t cap at six figures.
BUT THAT’S SOCIALISM!!!11!1one!1!
/s in case it wasn’t blindingly obvious.
In seriousness, just rolling back the Bush era tax cuts would provide a huge boost to Federal Government revenue. There are a lot of other possible options, as well, which could raise revenue. But, the GOP never met a tax cut they didn’t like and a tax increase they didn’t hate.
Balancing the budget implies funding the IRS. Very few government investments have a higher return than tax audits.