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Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), the ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, today released a blistering new report detailing how the Republican budget plan is based on budgetary gimmicks.
“Instead of being honest and upfront about their goals, the Republicans have used a number of budgetary gimmicks to cover-up the devastating impact that their budget will have on the lives of ordinary Americans,” Sanders said. “I find it particularly offensive that Republicans, who are demanding massive cuts in Medicaid, education, nutrition and health care in order to move toward a balanced budget, have no problem adding $38 billion to the deficit through the off-budget Overseas Contingency Operations fund. That is hypocrisy pure and simple.”
originally posted by: dukeofjive696969
a reply to: Kali74
Bernie is too socialist for the right, ron paul would get alot of those votes, well more than bernie
originally posted by: dukeofjive696969
a reply to: buster2010
Thats true, i never voted for a conservative but i would have voted for ron paul, well if i was american.
originally posted by: buster2010
originally posted by: dukeofjive696969
a reply to: Kali74
Bernie is too socialist for the right, ron paul would get alot of those votes, well more than bernie
Yeah but remember how the right screwed RP over? They threw him under the bus.
originally posted by: ManBehindTheMask
originally posted by: buster2010
originally posted by: dukeofjive696969
a reply to: Kali74
Bernie is too socialist for the right, ron paul would get alot of those votes, well more than bernie
Yeah but remember how the right screwed RP over? They threw him under the bus.
It wasn't just the right ....the Democrats did the same .....none of them like Ron Paul because he wouldn't play ball
... this is the first budget we've had since Obama took office.
Where was his outrage when there was no budget at all which was flat out unconstitutional?!
originally posted by: ManBehindTheMask
a reply to: AlaskanDad
Surely he can see the both of their Budgets are padded and disguised to conceal what they're doing
If he was truly being objective he wouldn't be advocating for either side….The independents in this country need to stop catering to either party and start coming up with more solutions…
We don't have two parties as many of said for many years we have one party with two names…… It is never been more apparent than the last two election cycles
As Congress votes on the federal budget this week, the Senate nixed a measure on Tuesday by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) to rebuild our crumbling roads and bridges and support millions of good-paying construction jobs—by eliminating absurd tax loopholes for the wealthy.
The tax loopholes targeted by Sanders' amendment let corporations and wealthy Americans shift jobs and profits overseas, often to offshore tax havens like the Cayman Islands. Nearly $100 billion is lost annually to offshore tax dodging, according to the U.S. Treasury.