Comments on: Wednesday, briefly https://www.yourish.com/2012/04/11/16096 Cutting straight to the point Thu, 12 Apr 2012 03:14:45 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 By: Soccerdad https://www.yourish.com/2012/04/11/16096/comment-page-1#comment-44681 Thu, 12 Apr 2012 03:14:45 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/?p=16096#comment-44681 And it’s not just about Israel. His latest, I’m not Mitt Romney contains these paragraphs.
And that’s our problem. Romney has embraced the Republican budget drawn up by Representative Paul Ryan that proposes to shrink our long-term structural deficit in a way that not only would make the rich richer and the poor poorer but would deprive the country of the very discretionary spending required to do what we need most: nation-building at home. Sure, Ryan makes deep spending cuts to balance the budget in the long term. If I cut off both my thumbs, I’d also lose weight. But I’d also have a hard time getting another job.
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Said the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget: “The president’s budget [is] a step in the right direction on deficit reduction, but not nearly sufficient. The president’s budget would stabilize the debt as a share of the economy through the second half of the decade, but would do so at too high of a level and without the necessary entitlement reforms to bring down the debt over the long-run. … It is highly disappointing that the president didn’t go further in his proposals and offer a plan that is large enough to deal with the nation’s fiscal challenges in the medium and long term.”

Since he cited this Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget (CFRB) as an authority favoring President Obama, I was curious what CFRB said about Ryan’s budget plan. Well guess what:

“This is a bold budget, and Congressman Ryan should be congratulated for
putting forward structural budget reforms to address our unsustainable debt
path,” said Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible
Federal Budget. “However, while the proposal deserves praise for being bold,
the national discussion has moved beyond just finding a plan with sufficient
savings to finding one that can generate enough support to move forward.”

And while CFRB thought that Ryan needed to do more they hoped “… that Congressman Ryan’s proposal will not generate attacks …”

If you appeal to an authority to support one position, it’s hypocritical to ignore its authority on a different position. CFRB had qualified praise for both the President and Rep. Ryan, though its praise for Ryan was more enthusiastic. Did Friedman think no one would Google CFRB? Or is he just too damn lazy?

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