House on track to pass budget plan with deep cuts

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP-Excite

By ANDREW TAYLOR

WASHINGTON (AP) - A familiar budget plan to sharply cut safety-net programs for the poor and clamp down on domestic agencies performing the nuts-and-bolts programs of the government is cruising to passage in the tea party-flavored House.

The Republican measure is advancing to the finish line in the House as the Senate starts a lengthy slog toward passage of a rival budget measure. It takes a sharply different view, restoring automatic cuts to agency budgets and increasing taxes by $1 trillion over the coming decade.

The dueling budget plans are anchored on opposite ends of the ideological spectrum in Washington, appealing to core partisans in the warring parties gridlocked over persistent budget deficits. President Barack Obama is exploring the chances of forging a middle path that blends new taxes and modest curbs to government benefits programs.

The sharp contrast over the 2014 budget and beyond came as the House is positioned to clear unfinished budget business - a sweeping, government-wide funding bill to keep Cabinet agencies running through the 2013 budget year, which ends Sept. 30.

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In this March 18, 2013 file photo, House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis. is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Senate pressed ahead Wednesday on a huge, bipartisan spending bill aimed at keeping the government running through September and ruling out the chance of a government shutdown later this month. The developments in the Senate come as the House resumed debate on the budget for next year and beyond. Republicans are pushing a plan that promises sharp cuts to federal health care programs and domestic agency operating budgets as the price for balancing the budget in a decade. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

[olegramps]

1. What I find most disturbing is that those calling for cuts to the poor claim to be Christians.

These followers of Jesus seemed to be deaf when it comes to His teaching. If I was indeed a committed Christian, I would be extremely concerned about the path that the Republican leadership is taking since it could result in eternal damnation.

In the Final Judgment Jesus said that those who would be saved, "Come, you that are blessed by my Father! Come and possess the king don which has been prepared for you ever since the creation of the world. I was hungry and you fed me, thirsty and you gave me a drink; I was stranger and received me in your homes, naked and you clothed me; I was sick and you took care of me, in prison and you visited me. The righteous will then answer him, "When, Lord, did we ever see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you a drink? When did we every see you a stranger and welcome you in our homes, or naked and clothe you? When did we ever see you sick or in prison, and visit you? ...The King will reply, I tell you whenever you did this for one of the least important of these brothers of mine, you did it for me! Then he will say to those on his left, 'Away from me, you that are under God's curse! Away to the eternal fire which has been prepared for the Devil and his angels! I was hungry but you would not feed me, thirsty but you would not give me a drink...I tell you , whenever you refused to help one of these least important ones you refused to help me. These then will be sent off to eternal punishment, but the righteous will go to eternal life." Mt. 25.34-46

[Andy823]

2. The key word here is "CLAIM"

Anyone can "claim" to be a christian, and that they follow the teachings of Christ, but as the Bible says, "by their actions you will know them". Cutting programs to help those in need while ignoring the "corporate welfare" programs shows us what they are all about, and it's not the teachings of Christ, but the teachings of GREED and looking after their own best interests, which is keeping the big money players who have bought and paid for their votes, happy!

The republicans never seem to put any plans in their budgets to cut subsidies to big oil, drug makers, corporate farmers, etc., nor do they want to cut tax loopholes for the rich. They have proven over and over who they are working for, and it's not the people of this country who need to see changes that will help them get jobs and be able to afford a home, education for their children, medical, and all the other things we need simply to survive.

They can always "claim" they are christians, but the works say otherwise!

[olegramps]

4. Well said, you will know them by the fruits that they produce.

If I was actually commited, it would literally scare the hell out of me to be doing what they are doing to the poor and helpless. They are risking everlastiing damnation.

[Liberalynn]

3. What gets me is they waste time and money on this when it has no chance of passing the Senate.

I wish the House would resign, go home and admit their worthless. That would be the only honorable thing they could do for the country. The problem with that is they are not honorable human beings.