Delusional House GOP Claims to Have 'Balanced the Budget' Already

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In a new promotional image celebrating its first 100 days in power, the Republican leadership of the House of Representatives puts a happy green check mark next to something that hasn't really happened. To buttress some articles about how "Congress is actually doing its job," the House GOP insists that it has "balanced the budget."



If you missed those headlines about the elimination of the deficit, don't worry: They never happened. On March 25, the Republican-controlled House passed a budget for fiscal 2016, with all but 17 members of the majority voting for it. If followed, and if its predictions panned out, it would eliminate the deficit by fiscal 2025. Among the "no" voters was North Carolina Representative Walter Jones, who complained that the budget would... not eliminate the deficit until fiscal 2025. "This budget relies on a host of smoke and mirrors accounting gimmicks and rosy economic forecasting to make it appear as if it balances in ten years," he explained.

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https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-04-23/house-gop-claims-to-have-balanced-the-budget-already

[Xyzse]

1. Since, they haven't done anything yet in 100 days...

Does that mean the supposed balanced budget was due to Obama's policies?

[DetlefK]

2. "That is like calling a conversation about the mortgage "paying off the house"."

I think, this is the overture to a game Republicans won't like: "What will you cut?"

Remember a few years ago? McConnell demanded cuts and that Obama propose cuts. Obama proposed cuts. Rebublicans hit him for cutting exactly that. Until one day Obama suddenly said "You want cuts? Well, what do YOU propose?" and the Republicans were flabbergasted because they didn't want to be the ones proposing specific cuts.

Politics 101:
You can only get attacked if you say something specific.

[Gothmog]

3. What is the color of the sky in these idiots' world

These GOP congresscrittters are delusional