John Boehner's demand: 'Spending cuts need to be larger than the increase in the debt limit

[n2doc]

It's in his speech he gave today. I won't bother to post excerpts, you can read the whole sordid thing here:

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2011/06/john-boehner-debt-limit-spending-cuts-obama-.html

[Warpy]

1. OK, you stupid prick, start with the bloated military budget,.

I double dog dare you.

[Pharaoh]

2. But don't cut the MIC

or tax the rich.

[gort]

3. Mr Speaker, where are the jobs?

NT

[andym]

4. Spending cuts will hurt the recovery, thereby lowering revenue, probably increasing the deficit

Less jobs and less revenue, brilliant Mr Speaker!

Even the corporate mouthpiece Goldman Sachs agrees.

http://articles.latimes.com/2011/feb/23/nation/la-na-gop-cuts-20110224

[PDJane]

5. You're right,not worth posting excerpts.......

[Brickbat]

6. Hey wait, does this mean he just pulled 8 million jobs out of his ass? Because isn't that what he

said was the top priority? Huh.

[n2doc]

7. kick n/t

[titaniumsalute]

8. Very Easy

$300 billion per year in tax increases for the top 2% for ten years. $3 trillion over 10 years. More than makes up for the debt ceiling increase and will help the deficit.

[MikeMc]

9. +1 NT

[MikeMc]

10. Orange cry-baby.

[librechik]

11. I want him to point out the 8 times he tried to stop President Bush from raising the debt ceiling

by demanding larger cuts to balance it out. He must have done it and received the cuts 8 times, right? Let's see those, Boehner.