I think the CBO actually released a memo very recently documenting the severity of the cuts that would be necessary to achieve a balanced budget ten years from now under the restrictions that you articulated, and pretty clearly it is not realistic.
Boyle highlights the unrealistic nature of proposed budget cuts to achieve a balanced budget.
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Ninety-nine percent of the time, when we do things [in Congress], it is of a partisan nature … so besides the history of it, I hope that after this, the spirit of this event will live on.
I feel awe and I feel pride. And I also feel a certain burden to live up to what those Founders intended 250 years ago.
A budget is a series of choices. Republicans are choosing to take healthcare away from 17 million Americans. Republicans are choosing to take food off the plates of hardworking families, kids, and seniors. Republicans are choosing to blow…
But this is an opportunity to be part of something that’s above yourself, that truly will be special and historic.
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