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Last edited Thu Dec 14, 2017, 08:50 PM - Edit history (1)
OpEdNews
December 14, 2017
By John Peebles
IT'S A CLASSIC TROJAN HORSE
(Budget) bill recently passed by the Senate and approved by reconciliation will generate sequester cuts under the PAYGO program.
Here is Maya MacGuineas writing for The Hill, as quoted by the "Committee of a Responsible Federal Budget":
"The statutory 'paygo' sequester (as opposed to the Budget Control Act sequester that enforces the discretionary spending limits) requires across the board cuts in non-exempt mandatory spending programs to offset any deficit-increasing legislation that was passed in a given year."
PAYGO requires Congress to administer the cuts as the deficits are incurred.
This means the recently passed budget will trigger cuts in:
..."Medicare, agriculture subsidies, student loans, the Social Services Block Grant, parts of border security and mandatory spending in the Affordable care Act other than exchange subsidies and Mediciad expansion.
So with this tax cut will come a doozy of a sequester."
(later on in the article)
The Republicans have passed this budget knowing full well that sequester will apply to spending they don't like and not applied to spending they like.
It's a classic Trojan Horse - minimize cuts to vital social services in selling the Budget Bill, all the while knowing that the tax cuts will trigger sequestration in future years.
Bottom line is that sequestration wont be leveled across the board but on discretionary items only.
The defense bill I believe is immune as are the budgets of the security apparatus.
These are viewed as fundamental to our security and are thus uncut-able.
Meanwhile, the programs that millions of Americans depend on like Medicare are cut and the money given out in tax breaks.
Read entire article:
https://www.opednews.com
Scroll down right side of main page to fourth article:
"GOP tax cuts will trigger sequestration" by John Peebles
Or see Reply # 6 for direct link to article.
"Fight Back Against Tax Cuts for the Wealthy and Well-Connected"
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029984657
marybourg
(12,633 posts)of a huge serfdom and a tiny privileged aristocracy (of them).
disalitervisum
(470 posts)Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)maxsolomon
(33,345 posts)2018 is looking like The Last Stand.
TeamPooka
(24,229 posts)seat on the SCOTUS.
tritsofme
(17,380 posts)I'm not certain that PAYGO has any enforced balance between defense and non-defense spending or how those cuts are implemented.
Statutory PAYGO can be waived, but not through the Reconciliation bill, as it would require 60 votes in the Senate.
BigmanPigman
(51,611 posts)Last edited Thu Dec 14, 2017, 07:42 PM - Edit history (1)
until the fat lady sings! The grass roots efforts stopped the ACA repeal and Moore. WE CAN AND WILL STOP THIS SHITTY BILL!
Don't wait until the mid terms. CALL the GOP NOW! KILL THE BILL!
We can stop the Tax Scam too. IT IS NOT OVER! Add Rubio and Lee (Utah) to your list. Keep pressuring them daily. Call(202)224-
McCain (AZ) 2235
Flake (AZ) 4521
Collins (ME) 2523
Heller (NV) 6244
Murkowski (AK) 6665
Moran (KS) 6521
Johnson (WI) 5323
Young (IN) 5623
Rubio (FL) 3041
Lee (UT) 5444
Landlord (OK) 2651
Daines (MT) 5754
**McConnell (KY) 2541 Tell him you want the vote AFTER Jones is seated! Obama wouldn't allow a vote on the ACA in 2010 until a newly elected REPUB was seated!
And thank... Corker (TN) 3344
Call, tell your friends and family, use social media and hammer the GOP every DAY! If you get a voice mail leave a message. The staffers DO tally them up and keep track. It literally takes 2 minutes to call one GOP rep (call both houses too). RESIST !
red dog 1
(27,820 posts)Also, be sure to sign the Credo Action Petition to Mitch McConnell that states:
"Do not schedule a vote on the Trump Tax Scam before Alabama's newly-elected senator, Doug Jones, is seated.
https://act.credoaction.com/sign/seat_doug_jones
"Tell Mitch McConnell: No Tax Vote Before Doug Jones Is Seated"
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029979959
Already, nearly 130,000 people have signed this petition - their goal is 150,000
Also, CALL Mitch McConnell directly at 202-224-2541
And FAX Mitch McConnell at 202-224-2499
Also, besides calling Lisa Murkowski at 202-224-6665
FAX her at 202-224-5301
FAX John McCain's D.C. Office at 202-228-2022
FAX John McCain's Prescott, AZ office at 928-445-8594
They can ignore phone calls, or the line might be busy, but send them faxes..the more the better!
BigmanPigman
(51,611 posts)Obama wouldn't have a vote on the ACA in 2010 until a Repub that was newly elected was seated. My sister and I hate McConnell as much, if not more, than the fucking moron. He is pure evil.
red dog 1
(27,820 posts)(You're right....It's NOT a "done deal" yet!)
I wish people from all over the country would take a winter trip to Washington, D.C and peacefully protest this Tax Scam bill at the Capital Mall, or at the White House
I wonder of MoveOn.org is planning any peaceful protests this weekend in D.C.?
BigmanPigman
(51,611 posts)This is a good source for info. Put your zip in and you will see ones near you. There are a lot this weekend but I do not see DC on the list but it changes constantly. My niece goes to college in DC and there are she told me that there are protests all the time. It is a good thing I don't live there since I would've been arrested for sitting in the hallways of the reps in Congress. Pass this info onto others too!
https://notonepenny.org/take-action/#events
red dog 1
(27,820 posts)RandomAccess
(5,210 posts)red dog 1
(27,820 posts)I'll note your reply, with the link, in the OP
(I tried to post it but computer pbs prevented me from doing so)
RandomAccess
(5,210 posts)workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)BY NICOLE GOODKIND ON 12/1/17 AT 6:00 PM
http://www.newsweek.com/tax-plan-social-security-medicare-welfare-republicans-rubio-729133
disalitervisum
(470 posts)workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)The republicans will git her done before the mid term election 2018 I bet.