Tuesday, May 3, 2016

Richard Kogan And Cecile Murray — Senate Proposal for Balanced Budget Amendment Would Require Extreme Budget Cuts

… the proposed amendment — introduced by Senate President Pro Tem Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and cosponsored by every Republican senator — would enshrine in the Constitution a severe cap on total federal spending set at 18 percent of gross domestic product in the prior completed calendar year.
This cap would compel policymakers to cut all programs by an average of more than one-fourth when it takes effect — we are assuming 2023. The total amount of cuts required would amount to $8 trillion over the next decade; starting in 2023, the cuts would be about half a trillion dollars a year deeper than those that would be made under the severe budget plan the House Budget Committee’s Republican majority passed earlier this year.
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Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Senate Proposal for Balanced Budget Amendment Would Require Extreme Budget Cuts
Richard Kogan And Cecile Murray

4 comments:

Malmo's Ghost said...

Insane.

mike norman said...

This WILL eventually happen, I predict.

Tom Hickey said...

The good thing is that it will spell the end of the US as "world leader": coming out of the WWII.

China's leaders must rolling on the floor laughing their asses off as the US prepares to shoot itself in the head.

Peter Pan said...

Just do it!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10DQeSk1LaY