It seems to me, last year, the President could only spend the money Congress sent him.
The foundation of this budget is the economic forecast for the next 2 years, especially the next 2 years.
The tax increases in this budget, I know for a fact, will punish companies who produce energy jobs in the United States.
This budget is so far to the left of the Congressional Progressive Caucus budget that, on an apples-to-apples comparison...
It is honest that they are putting the AMT in the baseline because they are saying it is really the policy intention tha...
The notion that we are going to have a drawdown that creates some mythical $1.6 trillion savings is not honest.
If you just did nothing, if you just didn't pass this budget, the deficit would drop faster than passing this budget.
But beyond repealing deferral, where are you thinking?
Honestly, where does the rest of this savings come from? Or the tax increase come from?
In my 50 plus years observing science and being a part of it, I have never seen settled science.
I think it is strange that we are sitting here today talking about making trillion dollar decisions based on computer mo...