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   3/31/09

   satijournal

   The GOP doesn't have any ideas other than deregulation and tax cuts. They're pretty much just furniture any more.

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   3/31/09

   Anok

   Well, tomorrow is April 1st...

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   4/01/09

   Agit8r

   My budget cutting proposal didn't have any #'s either. Just Naderisms

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   6/30/09

   anticsrocks

   www.house.gov/budget_republicans/press/2007/pr20090401_gopbudget.pdf
   
   No numbers?

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      6/30/09

      jeremyjanson

      Looks pretty numbered to me. I only looked at the summary tables, but it looks like they at least had something to write down.
      
      Anyways, the GOP, as is very normal for a (very) minority party, will not be presenting many ideas right now because all eyes are on Obama. Nothing they do will determine how they do anyways except maybe a little bit of good grassroots campaign work (which still won't be the majority of it) and there is nothing that can spoil a good campaign like divisiveness. Even if they had the best ideas in the world, it is how OBAMA does that will determine whether a victory in 2012 is possible, and campaign work (the only thing they can do for themselves) will only decide a near-tie.
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      6/30/09

      RuinousRight

      This document was released AFTER the the thread was started.
      
      03.30.09 - Think Progress
      "Last week, the House GOP presented its alternative budget proposal. Members of the media, including conservative commentators, widely panned the document for being scant on details and appearing more as “campaign-style talking points.” Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), ranking member of the House Budget Committee, has said he will release yet another budget proposal, but this time with more specifics."
      
      thinkprogress.org/2009/03/30/ryan-gop-budget/
      
      
      03.26.09 - National Review
      "One problem is that there is no scoring yet for the bottom line yet. The other is that there is zero chance this budget will pass."
      
      "I was not the only reporter in the room during the delayed press conference who had expected to see some numbers, at least ballpark. Today's press conference did not provide further details."
      
      corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=N2ZiZWYzMWNlNzAxZTA4ZWQxYWRiZWM5MmZhNjY4Y...
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      6/30/09

      satijournal

      From the Repubtilian plan:
      
      Congress has sought to use fiscal policy “stimulus,” although this approach – which has never proved consistently useful except in boosting government spending – may do more harm than good. CBO projects that whatever short-term benefits might arise, the legislation will reduce output over the longer run, mainly because its heavy borrowing will impede capital formation.
      
      The Repubtilian plan to cut taxes would have the same affect. The Repulsivicans caused the current economic disaster. Asking them for a solution would be insane.
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      6/30/09

      anticsrocks

      "The GOP doesn't have any ideas..."
      
      And when they do, you just dismiss them. I seem to remember you criticizing me for, according to you, not being fair in my posts and telling me that I should try to have rational discussions or something like that. How can anyone have a rational discussion with you about this, when you only see one side? - Your own.
      
      And BTW, "...plan to cut taxes would have the same affect," should have been 'effect.'
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      6/30/09

      anticsrocks

      @Ruinous.....your buttons are sure easy to push, my friend.
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   6/30/09

   Anok

   Thou shalt not necropost!
   
   If thou necroposts, thou shalt be struck by lightening, or smited by thou God of thou choice.

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      6/30/09

      anticsrocks

      eek!
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      6/30/09

      clioandme

      And if thou be not smitten by the gods, our resident ninja will do the smiting.
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      7/01/09

      Anok