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Rep. Nancy Pelosi: Nothing left to cut in budget — ‘the cupboard is bare’

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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi says Republican-led efforts to rein in government spending are pointless because there is nothing left to cut in the almost $4 trillion-a-year federal budget.


“The cupboard is bare. There’s no more cuts to make. It’s really important that people understand that,” Mrs. Pelosi, California Democrat, said in an interview broadcast Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union.”


“We cannot have cuts just for the sake of cuts.”

The federal budget has doubled in size in 12 years, from $1.9 trillion in 2001 to $3.8 trillion this year.

That's your leadership Demokrats. Ain't she a beaut?

People wonder about the non-stop assault on Demokrats and her little performance is a prime example as to why? Those of us who know the Left, know this is the Left...

...Usually they're slithery creatures, and never play honestly, pulling cards from their sleeves, from the bottom of the deck... the usual Socialist BS... but once in a while you get the likes of Maxine Waters spilling the beans, or Baucus The ObamaKare author and leaker of the upcoming "ObamaKare train wreck"... and NOW PRESENTING... House Minority Leader One-Facelift-Too-Many-Caused-My-Brain-Damage-Nancy-Pelosi.

These folks who for years screamed about the debt and deficit, now cannot find anything to cut!? From 4 TRILLION? And when we're up to hawk over our eyeballs. $16 TRILLION+ of debt and 60+ TRILION of unfunded liabilities???

We knew it was nothing more than BS, just like their Iraq War vote... pure politics because they in the next breath spoke about more spending, or lambasted Republicans for trying to make cuts not in the actual programs, but cuts to the automatic annual increases.

Now the new baseline is 4 TRILLION, and cutting that in half... WHOA! Watch the feces and fan act from the Leftist Morons when that happens some day.

It's an amazing philosophy of destruction, and one can only believe that the people who subscribe to it are stupid, ignorant, parasitic or simply corrupt. What a party base.

Be proud Demokrats, be proud.
 
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What do the Ks in "demoKrat" and "ObamaKare" mean?

And why do you insist on deliberately misspelling words?
 
That's your leadership Demokrats. Ain't she a beaut?

People wonder about the non-stop assault on Demokrats and her little performance is a prime example as to why? Those of us who know the Left, know this is the Left...

...Usually they're slithery creatures, and never play honestly, pulling cards from their sleeves, from the bottom of the deck... the usual Socialist BS... but once in a while you get the likes of Maxine Waters spilling the beans, or Baucus The ObamaKare author and leaker of the upcoming "ObamaKare train wreck"... and NOW PRESENTING... House Minority Leader One-Facelift-Too-Many-Caused-My-Brain-Damage-Nancy-Pelosi.

These folks who for years screamed about the debt and deficit, now cannot find anything to cut!? From 4 TRILLION? And when we're up to hawk over our eyeballs. $16 TRILLION+ of debt and 60+ TRILION of unfunded liabilities???

We knew it was nothing more than BS, just like their Iraq War vote... pure politics because they in the next breath spoke about more spending, or lambasted Republicans for trying to make cuts not in the actual programs, but cuts to the automatic annual increases.

Now the new baseline is 4 TRILLION, and cutting that in half... WHOA! Watch the feces and fan act from the Leftist Morons when that happens some day.

It's an amazing philosophy of destruction, and one can only believe that the people who subscribe to it are stupid, ignorant, parasitic or simply corrupt. What a party base.

Be proud Demokrats, be proud.

And the ignorant brainwashed propagandized sheep on the left will eat it up. parrot her inflammatory redirect like molting vultures. And then have the nerve to wonder why Republicans wont negotiate with them
 
And the ignorant brainwashed propagandized sheep on the left will eat it up. parrot her inflammatory redirect like molting vultures. And then have the nerve to wonder why Republicans wont negotiate with them

And the propagandized sheep on the right will wail and bleat, as if their own party does nothing so evil as wasteful spending, misrepresentation of facts, and deliberately misleading sound bites. Stonewall everything for fear of the other team scoring a goal. And then have the nerve to wonder why the American people are also disgusted with republicans.

Pelosi is a tool, probably shouldn't hold the position she does, and apparently has a hard time keeping her foot out of her mouth. How many republicans do you think appear on the same list? I realize its not really on topic, since this is obviously an inflammatory partisan hack thread. Interesting question though, don't you think?
 
And the propagandized sheep on the right will wail and bleat, as if their own party does nothing so evil as wasteful spending, misrepresentation of facts, and deliberately misleading sound bites. Stonewall everything for fear of the other team scoring a goal. And then have the nerve to wonder why the American people are also disgusted with republicans.

Pelosi is a tool, probably shouldn't hold the position she does, and apparently has a hard time keeping her foot out of her mouth. How many republicans do you think appear on the same list? I realize its not really on topic, since this is obviously an inflammatory partisan hack thread. Interesting question though, don't you think?

Do you agree with her that there is nothing to cut out of the 3.77 trillion dollar Obama budget? How do you feel about Obama transforming this country into a European economy where govt. spending is a large percentage of GDP and people dependent on the Federal govt?
 
These folks who for years screamed about the debt and deficit, now cannot find anything to cut!? From 4 TRILLION? And when we're up to hawk over our eyeballs. $16 TRILLION+ of debt and 60+ TRILION of unfunded liabilities???

While Nancy's comments are nothing but BS, you do realize YOUR GOP passed a resolution to continue funding the government at current levels just minus Obamacare right? You call that cutting? Healer, heal thyself and your partisan ways.
 
Do you agree with her that there is nothing to cut out of the 3.77 trillion dollar Obama budget? How do you feel about Obama transforming this country into a European economy where govt. spending is a large percentage of GDP and people dependent on the Federal govt?

I think they feel just like your partisan self did and just excuse it as "Oh, the other guy would have been worse". You are as partisan as they come CON. At least I realize BOTH sides are horrible and have done NOTHING but increased spending. You just want to continue that trend, so you have NO ROOM to talk partisan.
 
I think they feel just like your partisan self did and just excuse it as "Oh, the other guy would have been worse". You are as partisan as they come CON. At least I realize BOTH sides are horrible and have done NOTHING but increased spending. You just want to continue that trend, so you have NO ROOM to talk partisan.

Yes both sides have increased spending, the choice today is which one proposes less and that certainly isn't Obama and the Democrats. Like all third party supporters all you do is whine and complain from the outside looking in. The answer is building from the bottom up, not the top down
 
Yes both sides have increased spending, the choice today is which one proposes less and that certainly isn't Obama and the Democrats. Like all third party supporters all you do is whine and complain from the outside looking in. The answer is building from the bottom up, not the top down

So you're ok with increased spending as long as it is your side that is increasing the spending. Got it.

Yeah, you care about spending :lamo Your hypocrisy is ever more shown.
 
So you're ok with increased spending as long as it is your side that is increasing the spending. Got it.

Yeah, you care about spending :lamo Your hypocrisy is ever more shown.

Not at all, but unfortunately we have two choices today, Democrats or Republicans. There is nothing in today's Democrat Party that I support thus the better alternative is Republican. I am a conservative, not a Republican and basic math says no third party candidate is ever going to be relevant so you vote for the party closest to your point of view.
 
Not at all, but unfortunately we have two choices today, Democrats or Republicans. There is nothing in today's Democrat Party that I support thus the better alternative is Republican. I am a conservative, not a Republican and basic math says no third party candidate is ever going to be relevant so you vote for the party closest to your point of view.

If the majority picked a third choice, we would have a third choice. THe problem is YOU. Thus YOU are part of the problem and are continuing the problem. Your hypocrisy is noted and you are no conservative. No conservative would ever vote for leadership that would increase the debt as it has.

You are no better than the liberals you complain about.
 
If the majority picked a third choice, we would have a third choice. THe problem is YOU. Thus YOU are part of the problem and are continuing the problem. Your hypocrisy is noted and you are no conservative. No conservative would ever vote for leadership that would increase the debt as it has.

You are no better than the liberals you complain about.

Doesn't appear that logic and common sense are your strong suit or have any place in your skill set. The answer is term limits not whining and complaining like you do all the time.
 
Doesn't appear that logic and common sense are your strong suit or have any place in your skill set. The answer is term limits not whining and complaining like you do all the time.

Doesn't appear that you are a conservative. The answer is standing up for what is right and any leadership that wants to increase spending is wrong, no matter what the side. You are about as conservative as Obama is.
 
Not at all, but unfortunately we have two choices today, Democrats or Republicans. There is nothing in today's Democrat Party that I support thus the better alternative is Republican. I am a conservative, not a Republican and basic math says no third party candidate is ever going to be relevant so you vote for the party closest to your point of view.

Sounds like a self fulfilling prophecy.
 
That's your leadership Demokrats. Ain't she a beaut?

People wonder about the non-stop assault on Demokrats and her little performance is a prime example as to why? Those of us who know the Left, know this is the Left...

...Usually they're slithery creatures, and never play honestly, pulling cards from their sleeves, from the bottom of the deck... the usual Socialist BS... but once in a while you get the likes of Maxine Waters spilling the beans, or Baucus The ObamaKare author and leaker of the upcoming "ObamaKare train wreck"... and NOW PRESENTING... House Minority Leader One-Facelift-Too-Many-Caused-My-Brain-Damage-Nancy-Pelosi.

These folks who for years screamed about the debt and deficit, now cannot find anything to cut!? From 4 TRILLION? And when we're up to hawk over our eyeballs. $16 TRILLION+ of debt and 60+ TRILION of unfunded liabilities???

We knew it was nothing more than BS, just like their Iraq War vote... pure politics because they in the next breath spoke about more spending, or lambasted Republicans for trying to make cuts not in the actual programs, but cuts to the automatic annual increases.

Now the new baseline is 4 TRILLION, and cutting that in half... WHOA! Watch the feces and fan act from the Leftist Morons when that happens some day.

It's an amazing philosophy of destruction, and one can only believe that the people who subscribe to it are stupid, ignorant, parasitic or simply corrupt. What a party base.

Be proud Demokrats, be proud.

Hopefully we will see soon what we can do without when theres no more approval to spend money.
 
Do you agree with her that there is nothing to cut out of the 3.77 trillion dollar Obama budget? How do you feel about Obama transforming this country into a European economy where govt. spending is a large percentage of GDP and people dependent on the Federal govt?

To say there's nothing to cut out of almost 4 trillion is silly and par for the course for Pelosi. Hell, in the farm bill that's about to expire there's an opportunity to cut sizable recurring annual expenses. I'm sure opportunities abound if one were willing to look with any degree of intellectual honesty. But the left wants to cut military spending, the right wants to cut entitlements. Both sides are willing to accept a draw and cut neither, then whine to the public and attempt to spin it their way so they don't lose political points. Its a disturbing level of deceit and dishonesty, and to say the left or the right is worse is silly. Its like saying the Yankees are a terrible, dishonest, win-at-any-cost team because of the Alex Rod. doping scandal, when honestly its a widespread problem that threatens the integrity of the entire league.

You make the assumption that obama is following the euro gov't model. Yes, one could argue the number of people on gov't assistance is up. % of the GDP that is gov't spending is up. Do I think its a good direction that we should keep moving in? No. However, these aren't exactly the most economically favorable times. The question should be: Should the gov't do nothing while more people lose their jobs and homes? Should we be going with Austerity (like so many euro countries)? Austerity lead to bigger problems than it attempted to solve. We should be spending, but we should be spending less than we are. We should be spending, but we should be spending smarter than we are.
 
To say there's nothing to cut out of almost 4 trillion is silly and par for the course for Pelosi. Hell, in the farm bill that's about to expire there's an opportunity to cut sizable recurring annual expenses. I'm sure opportunities abound if one were willing to look with any degree of intellectual honesty. But the left wants to cut military spending, the right wants to cut entitlements. Both sides are willing to accept a draw and cut neither, then whine to the public and attempt to spin it their way so they don't lose political points. Its a disturbing level of deceit and dishonesty, and to say the left or the right is worse is silly. Its like saying the Yankees are a terrible, dishonest, win-at-any-cost team because of the Alex Rod. doping scandal, when honestly its a widespread problem that threatens the integrity of the entire league.

You make the assumption that obama is following the euro gov't model. Yes, one could argue the number of people on gov't assistance is up. % of the GDP that is gov't spending is up. Do I think its a good direction that we should keep moving in? No. However, these aren't exactly the most economically favorable times. The question should be: Should the gov't do nothing while more people lose their jobs and homes? Should we be going with Austerity (like so many euro countries)? Austerity lead to bigger problems than it attempted to solve. We should be spending, but we should be spending less than we are. We should be spending, but we should be spending smarter than we are.

I dont see where the OP said Democrats were worse. He just pointed out an example of how the Democrats are bad. Thats the topic, not Republicans. To answer your questions, no the govt should not be doing nothing while more people lose their jobs and homes. They should instead be trying to set an example by getting taxpayers out of debt, and setting the conditions to allow those people to pursue success, by reducing taxes and govt interference. You say austerity, I say small govt.
 
I dont see where the OP said Democrats were worse. He just pointed out an example of how the Democrats are bad. Thats the topic, not Republicans. To answer your questions, no the govt should not be doing nothing while more people lose their jobs and homes. They should instead be trying to set an example by getting taxpayers out of debt, and setting the conditions to allow those people to pursue success, by reducing taxes and govt interference. You say austerity, I say small govt.

I feel pretty safe in the assumption that he was implying dems were worse.

From your post, I'm getting that the gov't should:
lower taxes
assist taxpayers in getting out of debt
take actions that prevent the loss of jobs and homes

This translates into spending more while reducing revenue. Coming back around to the topic at hand, I don't see that happening without either increasing the national debt or both sides agreeing to make cuts in areas they've declared untouchable.
 
Doesn't appear that you are a conservative. The answer is standing up for what is right and any leadership that wants to increase spending is wrong, no matter what the side. You are about as conservative as Obama is.

Standing up for what is right would be to get Obama to resign but that isn't going to happen. There isn't an election for another year so what do you propose? Conservative doesn't mean proposing a 3.77 trillion dollar budget or Obamacare. You don't seem to have an alternative but instead just whine and complain on the outside looking in.
 
To say there's nothing to cut out of almost 4 trillion is silly and par for the course for Pelosi. Hell, in the farm bill that's about to expire there's an opportunity to cut sizable recurring annual expenses. I'm sure opportunities abound if one were willing to look with any degree of intellectual honesty. But the left wants to cut military spending, the right wants to cut entitlements. Both sides are willing to accept a draw and cut neither, then whine to the public and attempt to spin it their way so they don't lose political points. Its a disturbing level of deceit and dishonesty, and to say the left or the right is worse is silly. Its like saying the Yankees are a terrible, dishonest, win-at-any-cost team because of the Alex Rod. doping scandal, when honestly its a widespread problem that threatens the integrity of the entire league.

You make the assumption that obama is following the euro gov't model. Yes, one could argue the number of people on gov't assistance is up. % of the GDP that is gov't spending is up. Do I think its a good direction that we should keep moving in? No. However, these aren't exactly the most economically favorable times. The question should be: Should the gov't do nothing while more people lose their jobs and homes? Should we be going with Austerity (like so many euro countries)? Austerity lead to bigger problems than it attempted to solve. We should be spending, but we should be spending less than we are. We should be spending, but we should be spending smarter than we are.

the question is which govt. should be helping those in the local communities. The Federal Govt. should be setting a pro economic growth economic policy and the state and local govt. helping those in their communities that need help. A federal bureaucrat in D.C. has no idea what the social problems are in your community. We have a private sector economy that drives GDP so anytime govt. spending increases as a percentage of that private sector economy nothing is created but dependency and debt.
 
Standing up for what is right would be to get Obama to resign but that isn't going to happen. There isn't an election for another year so what do you propose? Conservative doesn't mean proposing a 3.77 trillion dollar budget or Obamacare. You don't seem to have an alternative but instead just whine and complain on the outside looking in.

No, but you think increased spending is conservative and you support candidates that would do just that. You're no conservative, you're a Republican. The alternative is not the status-quo that you keep voting in. But then that would take some guts to go against that.
 
No, but you think increased spending is conservative and you support candidates that would do just that. You're no conservative, you're a Republican. The alternative is not the status-quo that you keep voting in. But then that would take some guts to go against that.

And what candidate would that be? You continue to believe you know me so when did we meet? I spent 35 years in the business world and seem to have the logic and common sense that you lack. Tell me how any third party candidate wins in today's economic climate so what do you win by wasting your vote. I will vote for the better alternative again working from within the party closest to my point of view. You waste your vote out of principle. Which one of us really has a chance to make a difference? You think a political official is going to listen to you? I can pick up the phone and talk to my Representative and make a difference. Can you?
 
And what candidate would that be? You continue to believe you know me so when did we meet? I spent 35 years in the business world and seem to have the logic and common sense that you lack. Tell me how any third party candidate wins in today's economic climate so what do you win by wasting your vote. I will vote for the better alternative again working from within the party closest to my point of view. You waste your vote out of principle. Which one of us really has a chance to make a difference? You think a political official is going to listen to you? I can pick up the phone and talk to my Representative and make a difference. Can you?

If increased spending is what you get, you're making NO difference in stopping the increaess in spending. You're a Republican, no conservative.

As for calling your representative, ok call him, tell him only decreases in spending and tell me how that goes. Oh yeah, it hasn't worked. Yeah, you're fooling yourself alright, that is FACT.
 
If increased spending is what you get, you're making NO difference in stopping the spending. You're a Republican, no conservative.

Oh, I see, so being against the 3.77 trillion dollar Obama budget isn't being conservative? Being against Obamacare isn't being conservative? Unlike you I understand that the only perfect candidate is me and I am not running therefore I will vote for the one with a chance of winning and making a difference vs being like you and voting on principle ignoring that you have no chance of actually making a difference.
 
Oh, I see, so being against the 3.77 trillion dollar Obama budget isn't being conservative? Being against Obamacare isn't being conservative? Unlike you I understand that the only perfect candidate is me and I am not running therefore I will vote for the one with a chance of winning and making a difference vs being like you and voting on principle ignoring that you have no chance of actually making a difference.

No, because even under Republican leadership spending has increased. You have done NOTHING.
 
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