Blackburn: Dems Know They’re Going to Lose But It’ll Be Hard to Get Rid of Spending Programs Once Th

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Blackburn: Dems Know They’re Going to Lose But It’ll Be Hard to Get Rid of Spending Programs Once They Get Them on the Books

Jeff Poor 2 Dec 2021

Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) warns Democrats are throwing caution to the wind in their efforts to pass Build Back Better and other spending programs.

During an appearance on FBN’s “Fox Business Tonight,” the Tennessee Republican said that Democrats know they will likely lose the House and Senate in 2022. With that in mind, Blackburn said she thinks they will push ahead against the wishes of the American voters because once something is passed, it is difficult to repeal.

“I would think any Democrat that’s on the ballot in 2022 is thinking twice about this and looking very closely at what the impact is going to be,” she said. “What they know is if they — I mean, look at the things that are in this bill, illegal immigration, which is one of the very top issues, money for all these vaccine mandates, people are not anti-vax, they are anti-mandate. They don’t want that. There is money for tree equity, for crying out loud. You know, think about these programs. It is going to drive up the cost of healthcare. It is going to drive up the cost of child care. It’s going to close the child care mother stay out program at your local church because you can’t get the subsidy unless you use a government program that is going to cost you more money.”

“And some of the estimates on these childcare costs show childcare costs are doubling and tripling,” Blackburn continued. “Now, people are already paying too much. And on top of all of this, you’ve got the gift of inflation that Joe Biden has delivered to you just in time for the Holidays. Everything costs more. Thanksgiving costs more. Christmas is costing more. It’s harder to get goods because of supply chain problems. The American people don’t want this, and they are showing the Democrats they don’t want it, but the Democrats are thinking, you know what? Let’s roll the dice. Let’s go for it. We know we’re going to lose the House, the Senate, but it’ll be hard to get rid of these programs once we get them on the books.”

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[LMAO]

She’s right

People like to see spending cuts as long as it’s not “their” spending cuts

Look how many conservatives freak out at the idea of touching Social Security and Medicare?
Their freak out is understandable. But not sustainable, fiscally

We need a Calvin Coolidge. Although Calvin Coolidge didn’t have to deal with Medicare and Social Security

[LMAO]

Budget cuts, unfortunately, won’t come through political means. Market forces will force them. And even then it will be tough. So right now we’re in a position where we’ve come so far that if we don’t cut the budget it’ll be the ruin of us. But they’re also going to be huge consequences and pain at least in the short term if we do start cutting the budget

Now can some here understand why a few of us have a problem with all this printing, borrowing and spending regardless of whether it’s Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Kevin McCarthy, Nancy Pelosi…

Is it too late? No. But it’s too late to fix this without causing great pain

What happens if they raise interest rates to try to combat inflation with a country that’s near $30 trillion in debt? It would become a heck of a lot more expensive to finance the debt with higher interest rates

The last time we had debt to GDP ratio greater than 100% was after World War II but that was predominantly war spending. War ends and you don’t have to spend on it

Today’s challenge is much greater

[Kamaji]

She’s right

People like to see spending cuts as long as it’s not “their” spending cuts

Look how many conservatives freak out at the idea of touching Social Security and Medicare?
Their freak out is understandable. But not sustainable, fiscally

We need a Calvin Coolidge. Although Calvin Coolidge didn’t have to deal with Medicare and Social Security

[LMAO]

Most people know our debt is too high and they do tie inflation to government spending and printing.

But there is going to be a lot of resistance to any spending cuts.

[DefiantMassRINO]

You shrink cancer by cutting off its blood supply ... you shrink government by cutting off its revenue supply and limiting its borrowing authority.

[Hoodat]

Blackburn: Dems Know They’re Going to Lose But It’ll Be Hard to Get Rid of Spending Programs Once They Get Them on the Books

Uh, no.  They are only on the books for one year.  The following year, Congress gets to vote on whether or not the spending will be re-upped.  All it takes is a little courage to say 'no'.

[Kamaji]

Uh, no.  They are only on the books for one year.  The following year, Congress gets to vote on whether or not the spending will be re-upped.  All it takes is a little courage to say 'no'.

Not really.  Most of the entitlement programs are permanent and spending on them is on autopilot.  That doesn't mean they can't be modified, or even gotten rid of, but it does mean that if Congress does nothing, they get funded.

Source:  https://www.pgpf.org/finding-solutions/understanding-the-budget/spending

[Hoodat]

Not really.  Most of the entitlement programs are permanent and spending on them is on autopilot.  That doesn't mean they can't be modified, or even gotten rid of, but it does mean that if Congress does nothing, they get funded.

Source:  https://www.pgpf.org/finding-solutions/understanding-the-budget/spending

Congress still has to pass the spending bill for that year, auto-pilot or no auto-pilot.

@Kamaji , I read the link.  However, I do not believe this is Constitutional.  A 1970 Congress does not have the power to set spending levels in 2022.

[Right_in_Virginia]

It appears no congressional Republian cares or believes how unhappy we are with them.

These fools need to stop counting their chickens before they hatch.

[Kamaji]

Congress still has to pass the spending bill for that year, auto-pilot or no auto-pilot.

@Kamaji , I read the link.  However, I do not believe this is Constitutional.  A 1970 Congress does not have the power to set spending levels in 2022.

Whether it is or not, I don't know, but I suspect that it has been challenged before and the challenge turned down.

At this point, it is what it is, and it sets parameters for how a challenge to this sort of spending must go. 

[LMAO]

Although I do agree with her, would she feel the same way about spending if there was a GOP president and a GOP Congress? I’m not familiar with Blackburn’s record and I hope her spending concerns are sincere but it’s been my experience that the minority party frets over deficits until they take power

This is unfortunate. I suppose it’s a part of our tribal instinct to protest deficits when the “other guy/party” is advancing them, but the US Dollar and the law of economics doesn’t care about political affiliations.

After all, one of the three legs, and possible the most important one, of the Conservative stool is fiscal conservatism