Eric Cantor's seriously unserious budget proposal to Obama

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Eric Cantor's seriously unserious budget proposal to Obama

by Joan McCarter

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor attempts to be serious in an op-ed in Politico today, an open letter to President Obama.

He starts out on a ridiculous note:

This is a leadership moment.

When Republicans gained control of Congress, we promised to do everything in our power to grow the economy and create jobs. From Day One, our majority has made clear that those goals can be achieved only by first getting America’s fiscal house back in order.

If the number one priority was creating jobs, why have they devoted so much time to their war on women, to devising legislative chastity belts to punish us? If the number one priority was creating jobs, why did they kill jobs with their cuts to community health centers? And if their goal is deficit reduction, why did they vote to repeal a law that cuts the deficit?

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Paul Krugman answers Cantor in this column.

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[tallahasseedem]

1. I hate this guy.

He is such a weasel.

[mkultra]

2. krugman leaves out the other obvious word "military"

seems like that could stand some chop.

[Kdillard]

3. They want to shut down the government.

[TheBigotBasher]

4. Indeed.

Unlike before, where shut down was a by-product of a policy, shut down is their intention. In addition when they did it previously the right wing noise machine was not as well developed - now it is the media.

This is a battle that needs to be taken very seriously and it will be a very different battle to 1995.

[tigerfan1]

5. Just a campaign tactic

Just another campaign tactic to satisfy his ridiculously far-Right neoliberal electorate.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

6. "When Republicans gained control of Congress..."

When did that happen?

Idiot.