Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Nothing makes me laugh like Republicans.

This from Politico:
"Republicans are fretting that the $85 billion in cuts will transfer big power to the administration. Lawmakers say President Barack Obama’s administration will have unilateral leeway to shutter federal programs and spend the government’s money without any input from them."
But remember, House Republicans voted last year to avoid sequestration and to avoid blame for any cuts, by forcing President Obama to name the cuts that he'd replace them with:
"The House approved a new version of a sequester replacement bill on Thursday that would require the Obama administration to propose an alternative to the $55 billion in defense cuts scheduled to take effect in January."
And the most recent GOP proposal, was to force President Obama to prioritize the sequestration cuts.

Every step of the way, congressional Republicans have voted consistently to cut spending, then try to pin the blame on President Obama and Democrats, but in doing so, cede congressional powers to the White House.

So who's to blame, if as they feared, President Obama unilaterally aligns cuts to his prerogative?

Republicans, of course!  See-castration.

You're laughing too, I sense.

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