House GOP Will Push Balanced Budget Amendment

[DonViejo]

March 28, 2018 at 7:09 am EDT By Taegan Goddard

Playbook: “House Republicans will take up a balanced-budget amendment when they return from recess, several sources tell us. This follows on the heels of their $1.3-trillion budget bill and their massive tax bill.”

“Why do this now? Here’s what we think: It’s almost election season, and it would be helpful if GOP lawmakers could go home and be able to say they voted to support balancing the federal budget, even though they voted boosted discretionary spending by a ton, and have not touched entitlement spending, which, they have said for years, is the driver of U.S. budget deficits.”

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https://politicalwire.com/2018/03/28/house-gop-will-push-balanced-budget-amendment/

[C_U_L8R]

1. Kinda after the fact, eh?

they just blew a massive hole in the deficit, for crying out loud.
They look silly proposing this.

[ProfessorGAC]

2. Too Many Of Their Voters Are Oblivious

"We tried to balance the budget but the Dems wouldn't let us" is all many of them will need to hear.

[Farmer-Rick]

3. Maybe they will take all their voters' Social Security and Medicare away

Right before the election. That would balance the budget, maybe. With all their Russian connections they really don't need to worry about votes anymore. All they seem to need to win anymore is Russian support and money.

We are all Putin's downtrodden and abused citizens, now.

[Freethinker65]

4. Yep. Here come the cuts to social security, Medicare, and other social programs

Gotta pay for those tax cuts, parades, golden statues honoring dear leader, trips to Trump properties, flashy shock and awe weapons of war, Trump's wall. Either cut social programs or continue to privatize public lands and resources.

[dalton99a]

9. Bingo

[Wounded Bear]

5. Oh boy...

[Zorro]

6. You don't need a Constitutional amendment to enforce federal fiscal discipline

House Republicans could just do their jobs instead.

[struggle4progress]

12. +

[Bad Thoughts]

7. They will reverse the tax cuts?

That would balance the budget better.

[spanone]

8. they are despicable

[BSdetect]

10. Just another ploy. A PR exercise for sure. Full of cut attacks on Soc Sec etc In the details.

[greatauntoftriplets]

11. Late to the party, aren't they?

[VMA131Marine]

13. Needs a 2/3rds vote in the House and Senate to start with

Not gonna happen!

[MineralMan]

14. Democrats should beat them to the punch on this.

I ain't happening anyhow, so why not get the jump on the GOOPers and introduce it first.

"Balanced Budget" generates a positive feeling in voters. It just does. That's what the GOP is going for with this. We shouldn't let them steal that opportunity.

It's nonsense, of course. It's an impossible goal. So, take that throwaway glittering generality and use it. That's what the GOP is planning to do.