Where were the calls for a CBO score when the House passed a $768,000,000,000 defense budget?

[Uncle Joe]

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

[Hoyt]

2. Well, Dr. Reich, why not ask Prez Biden? Probably because

he doesn’t seek your counsel.

[AZSkiffyGeek]

11. That wouldn't get YouTube views

Gotta monetize the Tweets.

[Hoyt]

14. Wish he'd stick to teaching 1st year college students how to spell "economics," or something.

[WHITT]

3. Where Were The Calls?

*CRICKETS*

[FBaggins]

8. Would be funny...

Except of course the CBO estimated the cost of the defense budget. There were no “calls” because nobody would have voted on it without one - it’s a normal part of the process.

[jaxexpat]

16. What was the CBO score for that budget?

What's with the beat up Reich stuff? He's pretty well right every time. Does that make him unacceptable?

[FBaggins]

19. See #6 below

Who said he’s unacceptable?

[jaxexpat]

26. Some above have given me that impression.

My response was to the general tenor of what I was reading in the reaction of some responders to the OP. Sorry, I just stuck it onto your post for logical placement. But since I got you here. I think Reich has offered reasonable commentary presented in a media savvy fashion for decades. There are here at DU some who have real experience with the inner workings of the federal government. There may also be some troll types who pretend to understand and thus wittingly or not confuse others. Reich spent real time in the White House. That gives him rank in my book.

[malaise]

4. Come on Uncle Joe

The rich control MIC

[lapucelle]

6. Right here.

The Congressional Budget Office has completed the enclosed estimate of the direct spending and revenue effects of H.R. 4350, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022, as ordered reported by the House Committee on Armed Services on September 2, 2021. This estimate is based on the Committee Print 117-13 that was posted to the website of the House Committee on Rules on September 7, 2021.

https://www.cbo.gov/publication/57457

https://www.cbo.gov/publication/57471

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The CBO score was ordered on September 2, the CBO documents were available to representatives on September 7, and then available to the public on September 10.

The House voted on and passed the bill on September 23.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/4350

[sheshe2]

7. Guess Robert should do some research before he speaks.

[lapucelle]

9. The information is publicly available.

I thought Reich was supposed to be smart.

[sheshe2]

10. Me too.

Thank you so much for your links.

[AZSkiffyGeek]

12. Oh he knows

He just assumes the rubes don’t. And hey, as long as he gets the retweets he gets the page views and the clout.

[sheshe2]

13. Pathetic, isn't it.

**sigh**

[Nixie]

29. Bingo. This is really pathetic,

but unfortunately not surprising considering the source(s) as we’ve seen before.

[AncientAndy]

27. What's even worse is there are hundreds of replies on Twitter cheering him on.

[sheshe2]

28. Yep.

[George II]

23. Ouch, that's got to burn. I'm sure glad I didn't bring up this subject. If I had I'd delete my post.

[brooklynite]

15. Perhaps he should taker up that question with President Biden...

I don’t recall him objecting to defense spending in his budget.

[people]

17. CBO Score

Good Point!

[George II]

24. Excellent point. That's why it was done:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=post&forum=1002&pid=16127233

[Ron Green]

18. You Masters of War

Burn in Hell.

[Deuxcents]

21. Dogs of war

Plenty of taxpayers money for things even the Services don’t want or need but, Hey! No money for child care, infrastructure, medicines n on n on. I kinda wish I had not clicked on..now my jaw is tight. Rag all ya want about Mr Reich..he served in the Clinton administration..Secretary of Labor..but that adm was the only one in modern history to have a balanced budget at the end of the tenure. I should think he has some knowledge of what he speaks. Imo..

[hay rick]

20. America's "defense budget" is a direct attack on the American people.

America's bloated military budgets displace the spending needed to improve civilian lives. It is a national disgrace. Reich screws up this message when he brings in the lack of attention paid to the CBO score report (there was one). To my understanding, CBO reports only evaluate spending bills in relation to current law. If current law mandates catastrophically wasteful spending, a CBO score still proceeds from the assumption that current spending is reasonable- because it's the law...

[cstanleytech]

25. What it comes down to is money and how much of it will end up being funneled

from the defense industry into the pockets of various politicians.