Jindal: Obama should "stop campaigning" on sequester
ouisiana Republican Governor Bobby Jindal speaks to reporters outside the White House after a luncheon February 25, 2013 in Washington, DC / BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images
President Obama needs to "stop campaigning" and stop trying to "scare" people over the looming sequester cuts, Gov. Bobby Jindal, R-La., said today.
Jindal and other members of the National Governors Association met with Mr. Obama today to discuss the sequester cuts, set to kick in on Friday. The automatic cuts will slash around $85 billion from the federal budget this year and $1.1 trillion more over the next 10 years, and most agree they'll have a harmful impact on the economy. Jindal maintained, however, that it's possible to cut less than 3 percent of the budget without having "devastating consequences."
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"It's time for the president to show leadership," he said outside the White House, accompanied by other governors. "Every governor here has had to balance their budget during tough economic times, every family has to balance their budget... The reality is it can be done. It can be done without jeopardizing the economy, it can be done without jeopardizing critical services."
Mr. Obama has called on Congress to replace the sequester cuts with a "balanced" package of spending cuts and new tax revenues, achieved by closing tax loopholes. Jindal said Mr. Obama should instead send Congress a prioritized list of spending reductions that preserves critical services.
"This administration has an insatiable appetite for new revenues," Jindal, who's considered a possible 2016 presidential candidate, said. "Enough's enough. Now's the time to cut spending. It can be done without jeopardizing critical services."
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First Sarah Palin,then Bachmann from Minnesota,now this bucket-head from Louisiana.
After trashing the economy of Louisiana,with tax cuts and spending,he's talking?
Even after the corporations purchased the "democratically elected" government and crashed the country, they continue to back Wall Street over Main Street. This goes against their own wallets.
That does not seem too smart to me.
... and it can be downright confusing. If you listen to them talk, you think "the Republicans" want a small, unobtrusive government and "the Democrats" want to help the poor.
Watching what they do, you're not likely to think such things. Thinking such things only comes from listening to them talk.
In a couple of days, these so-called "two parties" will sign a last minute "save the country" deal. One might wonder how so much pork could have feasibly been negotiated overnight... but hey, maybe they uh... worked late... There ya go ..Congress might work late.
And one would assume that Republicans might have less pork than Democrats... just due to the way they talk...but the truth of their actions will be there.
This "stop the sequester" emergency legislation will be the biggest, most pork filled fiasco since the Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012
Which is the last time Congress must have worked late to negotiate all that pork.
to KEEP the pressure on the republican lead Congress to stop the sequester. The peoples will
needs to be heard. And the majority DO NOT want the sequester. Jindal and most of the
current Republican party to not want to be held accountable. We NEED to hold their feet to
the fire.
Agreed, "If you can't stand the heat..."
Yup, you can hold the republicans accountable as long as obama accepts responsibility for his failed spending (stimulus) campaigns.
Somehow I don't think that will really happen most likely because he will be yelling "Bush did it! Bush did it! Bush did it!
His ranting and raving about it's always Bush's fault is very simular to the chanting done in Germany in the twenties and thirties. The idea behind that approach was "If you tell a lie long enough and loud enough, people will believe it".
This "president" hasn't accepted responsibility for anything gone wrong in HIS administration. Remember, NOBODY is perfect.
What really turns my stomach is this is "Mr. Compromise" with the Noble Peace Prize! He "compromises" by lying, creating undue fear amoung Americans, calling on anyone AND everyone to bludgeon his opponents into accepting HIS version of reality, and uses people (first responders) as props for his line of crap.
Ya, Mr Compromise, it's all FAKE like your peace prize about "potential" and not actually earning it by DOING something.
But now it is Republicans job to fix his plan!!!!!
Yes...Congress agreed to it, but how does it become their burden. And how is America this stupid!