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Panich52

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Fri Mar 13, 2015, 10:21 AM Mar 2015

Are Republicans Insane Enough To Propose a Balanced Budget?

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Bill Scher
Are Republicans Insane Enough To Propose a Balanced Budget?

Winning the Congress has mainly given Republican a bushelful of problems, and a big one is right around the corner: How are they ever going to pass a budget? ... the House and Senate [have] to agree, and House Republicans have been obsessed with balancing the budget in 10 years. Which is insane ... by the final year of any such plan, with no tax increases or military cuts, social spending would have to be slashed in half ... But pulling back from that target ... could easily lead to another tea party rebellion, another case of Republican dysfunction.

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