June 27, 2010
KICKING THE CAN
Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.) accused Democrats Saturday of "kicking the can down the road" on the national deficit by failing to pass a compressive budget resolution.
So says Eric Zimmerman, writer for THE HILL daily newspaper – published for and about Congress. "Democrats are capping next year’s discretionary spending bills and setting a goal of cutting the deficit in half by 2015 -- but they won’t detail how they will reach that goal."
Ryan suggested Democrats want to spare their members another tough vote.
“With the political season upon us, Democratic leaders believe it’s better to pass a budget,” Ryan said in the weekly Republican address.
Republicans have hammered Democrats in recent weeks for failing to pass a budget. As the ranking member of the Budget Committee, Ryan has been helping lead that effort.
TRILLION DOLLARS
The Wisconsin Republican said his party has come up with more than a trillion dollars in cuts that Democrats should consider.
“This is a time to make tough choices, not run from them,” Ryan said. “To that end, Republicans on the budget committee have already identified $1.3 trillion in specific spending cuts we would implement right now to make Washington do more with less and help small businesses put people back to work.”
Ryan suggested rescinding bailout and stimulus funds that have not been spent – and freezing pay for federal workers.
“Instead of growing government, we need to restart the engine of economic growth.”
The two-rule protocol of job security:
- The boss is always right.
- When the boss is wrong, see rule 1.
“No one is old enough to know better.”
--- Holbrook Jackson
Never play leap-frog with a unicorn.
Education makes life easier. For instance: if you haven’t learned to sign your name, you’d have to pay cash for every thing.
A government is the only vessel known to leak from the top.
There’s one sure way to correct your mistakes – write your own biography.
By Lindsey Wilger Williams, retired newspaper publisher and syndicated columnist
