Kochsucker Mick Mulvaney: The day of the CBO 'has probably come and gone'

[CousinIT]

White House Office of Management Director Mick Mulvaney on Wednesday opened fire on the Congressional Budget Office, asserting in an interview with the Washington Examiner that the day of the institution as an authoritative non-partisan arbiter of legislation "has probably come and gone."

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/mick-mulvaney-the-day-of-the-cbo-has-probably-come-and-gone/article/2624609

[Mme. Defarge]

1. Holy Merde!

[smirkymonkey]

2. I so hate that guy with a white hot passion.

He is right up there with Ryan, Trump and O'Connell now as far as I'm concerned. I want him out on his fat, white ass.

[Caliman73]

3. He is full of shit

He just doesn't like that they aren't buying the "magical crap" the administration is trying to sell about growth. It was Voodoo economics when Reagan proposed it in 80 and GHW Bush called it out, it is Voodoo economics now.

This is the conservative playbook (again, from the 80's and 90's) when reality doesn't fit your view, you don't rethink your ideas, you attack reality. That is the purpose of Fox News and all of the followers that came along on the internet.

[Matthew28]

4. This guy wants to destroy this country

Far bigger threat to our future then North Korea or the islamic state.

[dalton99a]

6. +1

[CousinIT]

5. (At least) 5 reasons wow is an appropriate response to Mulvaneys attack on the CBO

Link to tweet

1. Steps up Administration’s misleading attacks on CBO’s health reform estimates. See http://www.cbpp.org/blog/cbo-correctly-predicted-historic-coverage-gains-under-aca (CBO Correctly Predicted Historic Coverage Gains Under ACA)

With this prescient conclusion:



2. Impugning -- for no good reason -- the independence of a career, non-political appointee.

3. Attacking an important democratic institution -- it appears to undermine its very purpose:

Link to tweet

"It's precisely when a President tries to politically dictate numbers that a truly independent CBO/truly indep econ agencies are needed most."

4. Coming from an Administration that put out a budget with >$7 TRILLION in gimmicks:

Link to tweet

"I’m not sure people truly appreciate the Madoff-level accounting fraud involved in Trump’s budget."

5. & all for v short-term gain. Ignoring CBO estimates won’t make the uninsured & sick AHCA will cause disappear:

Link to tweet

"Again, it's a whole lot easier to attack CBO in 2017 than explain to someone in '18 or '20 why you voted to take away their health care."

[Blue_Roses]

7. What does all this mean?

Too much info to try and decipher. Most people will not know, nor understand what is or has happened until it affects them. There has to be a way to make talking points easier to understand.

We are definitely on information overload!

[gratuitous]

8. More treacherous attacks on our system of government

Alger Hiss got sent to the slammer for less than this once upon a time. Republicans are re-doubling their efforts to destroy our constitutional form of government.

[mythology]

9. Yes, but only because Republicans can't deal with facts

[spanone]

10. shoot the messenger

mulvaney...fuck you

[Dem2]

11. Kill the ref!

These m************ are going to start a civil war.