Romney to vote against budget deal: Agreement 'perpetuates fiscal recklessness'

[Judi Lynn]

Source: The Hill


BY TAL AXELROD - 07/25/19 03:43 PM EDT

Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) announced Thursday he intends to vote against a budget deal the White House struck with House Democrats earlier this week as conservatives continue to express concerns over increases to the national debt.

“Utah balances its budget every year, and while it may not be in fashion in Washington, we still care deeply about fiscal responsibility. The federal government, however, has followed a very different course, and our national debt now totals over $22 trillion,” Romney said in a statement to The Hill.

“This deal unfortunately perpetuates fiscal recklessness by adding another $2 trillion to the debt, and I cannot support it. We must repair our fiscal foundation and set a course to a balanced budget now so that we avoid a future debt crisis that would pose grave hardships for our children and grandchildren.”

Romney joins Sens. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), Mike Braun (R-Ind.), James Lankford (R-Okla.), Mike Lee (R-Utah) and Rand Paul (R-Ky.) in opposing the deal. Other Republicans, including Sens. Josh Hawley (Mo.), Marco Rubio (Fla.) and John Kennedy (La.), are still undecided.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/454777-romney-to-vote-against-budget-deal-agreement-perpetuates-fiscal-recklessness

[onecaliberal]

1. If you passed the trump tax cuts your comments are hollow and a blatent lie. /nt

[cstanleytech]

2. Agreed. nt

[rurallib]

3. Amen to that!

[ffr]

7. +1

I stopped reading beyond the point of" %Un-American, aka GOP% says..."

Don't matter who they are. Fuck what they have to say, 100%

[onecaliberal]

9. Exactly

[FredSanderson]

13. No offsets for billionaires and super wealthy...like Romney. How much did he personally benefit

while firmly lodging his head in the sand about the many times more massive debt mountain that tax cut created?

Hypocrites are worthy of only being pointed at mockingly as hypocrites.

[maxsolomon]

14. Romney wasn't in the Senate yet.

2017 Tax Cut, 2018 Utah election.

He and his fellow "principled" Republics are just grandstanding. They'll fold like Paul did on the 1st responders bill.

[NickB79]

4. The GOP is going to tank the economy

And Trump's going to be left holding the bag next fall during the election.

[Joe Nation]

5. Their Idiot Constituents Will Not Remember The ENORMOUS Tax Cut They Gave Out

That drove the National Debt to that 22 Trillion I assure you. The moron class has an even shorter attention span than the average idiot.

[groundloop]

17. But of course massive cuts to social programs, infrastructure investment, etc. will now be required

The goper recipe for class warfare is simple........ make debt skyrocket through massive tax cuts to the wealthy and corporations, wait an appropriate amount of time, publicize the debt problem, cut programs which benefit lower and middle class.

[Merlot]

6. Well, bless his heart!

His small, greedy, tax-cutting, corporate-raiding, pension stealing heart.

[Lochloosa]

8. 47% think you're a fucking idiot

[FiveGoodMen]

10. "They risk giving money to someone besides ME!!!"

[Grins]

11. Raise taxes or shut up.

The Republican Party's “Magical Beans”, tax cuts, never seem to produce those promised offsetting revenues now, do they...?

Lemme guess, Mr. Romney, the next time your party proposes another tax cut - you will vote for it! How’d I do?

[yaesu]

12. the budget deal is basically a 300 billion dollar stimulus that will supercharge the economy,

cause inflation to skyrocket and guarantee 4 more years for tRump.

[maxsolomon]

15. And that's the smartest thing the GOP could do.

Power is all that matters. Principles are bullshit.

[She_Totally_Gets_It]

16. R-Money is irrelevant! eom