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:spin:House Majority Leader Tom DeLay said yesterday that Republicans have done so well in cutting spending that he declared an "ongoing victory," and said there is simply no fat left to cut in the federal budget.
Mr. DeLay was defending Republicans' choice to borrow money and add to this year's expected $331 billion deficit to pay for Hurricane Katrina relief. Some Republicans have said Congress should make cuts in other areas, but Mr. DeLay said that doesn't seem possible.
"My answer to those that want to offset the spending is sure, bring me the offsets, I'll be glad to do it. But nobody has been able to come up with any yet," the Texas Republican told reporters at his weekly briefing.
Asked if that meant the government was running at peak efficiency, Mr. DeLay said, "Yes, after 11 years of Republican majority we've pared it down pretty good."
McCain said:If Congress wants to inspire the American people to continue to make sacrifices we need to be making sacrifices of our own. The costs of the recovery and relief effort will be enormous. Congress must do all that is necessary to fund essential relief and recovery efforts and help those in need. However, to the extent that it is possible, we should pay for this effort now rather than pass on even more debt to future generations.
Members of Congress should, at least temporarily, deny themselves a few of the comforts of political office and refrain from directing tax dollars to special projects in their states that might help their political campaigns but not necessarily the country as a whole. In the past year Congress has found a way to fund thousands of projects of questionable merit. Perhaps a few of those dollars could have been better spent on activities that might have limited the impact of this tragedy.
$286.4 BILLION, the highway bill just passed by Congress is the most expensive public works legislation in US history. In addition to funding the interstate highway system and other federal transportation programs, it sets a new record for pork-barrel spending
gdalton said:Yep, this is all a bunch of BS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Congress can't find anything to cut :roll: this is why we need to get a lot of these folks out and some new blood in on bothe sides. There is more then enough crap to cut out of the budget to cover not only Katrina but a good part of the defecit. What can I say most of these guys only care about making their carreer and not about what is good for the country, but thats politics right. :doh
wxcrazytwo said:I agree. How about cutting some congressional payroll..:lol:
shuamort said:Source:
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Really? You mean, when the US is at record of pork barrel spending that republicans have pared it all down? Even Senator McCain (R) doesn't agree with that 8 days ago:
What's McCain talking about? Pork barrel spending, such as:
According to the Citizens Against Congressional Waste, there are 13,997 pork project in 2005 alone. And the year's note even over yet. Surely almost 14K of projects wouldn't be called paring it down to the bone.
Iriemon said:What an utter load of BS.
But if this is true, and they cannot possibly cut spending, we better raise taxes because the Govt was about $600 billion short of revenues, that is how much it borrowed and added to the almost $8 trillion debt we have.
wxcrazytwo said:$600 billion short, like I said cut congressional salaries, and we will have a surplus..
wxcrazytwo said:I agree. How about cutting some congressional payroll..:lol:
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