GOP 2012 budget to make $4 trillion-plus in cuts


WASHINGTON (AP) -- A Republican plan for the 2012 budget would cut more than $4 trillion over the next decade, more than even the president's debt commission proposed, with spending caps as well as changes in the Medicare and Medicaid health programs, its principal author said Sunday.

The spending blueprint from Rep. Paul Ryan, the chairman of the House Budget Committee, is to be released Tuesday. It deals with the budget year that begins Oct. 1, not the current one that is the subject of negotiations aimed at preventing a partial government shutdown on Friday.

In an interview with "Fox News Sunday," Ryan said budget writers are working out the 2012 numbers with the Congressional Budget Office, but he said the overall spending reductions would come to "a lot more" than $4 trillion. The debt commission appointed by President Barack Obama recommended a plan that it said would achieve nearly $4 trillion in deficit reduction.

Ryan said Obama's call for freezing nondefense discretionary spending actually locks in spending at high levels. Under the forthcoming GOP plan, Ryan said spending would return to 2008 levels and thus cut an additional $400 billion over 10 years.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_GOP_2012_BUDGET?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2011-04-03-10-33-40

Good idea but I'll believe it when I see it. The US government is completely out of control. Whatever they do is based on votes, not what is good for the people.

US Republican budget plan would cut $5.8 trln in 10 yrs..

(Reuters) - A Republican budget plan due to be unveiled on Tuesday would cut $5.8 trillion from U.S. spending over the next 10 years, a congressional aide familiar with the proposal said on Monday.

The plan, which would take effect when the next fiscal year starts on Oct. 1, is expected to propose sweeping changes to the Medicare and Medicaid health programs, as well as hard caps on government spending and tax cuts.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/05/usa-budget-cuts-idUSN0429071020110405

Yup the republicans are even planning to gut airline regulations to save some cash putting your life and my life in danger every time we fly.

Think That Hole In the Southwest Plane Is Scary? The GOP's Plan to Gut Airline Regulation Is What's Truly Frightening
http://www.alternet.org/story/150493/think_that_hole_in_the_southwest_plane_is_scary_the_gop%27s_plan_to_gut_airline_regulation_is_what%27s_truly_frightening_/

This article is BS..

"In 2009, the fatal crash of the Continental Airlines flight over Buffalo was attributed partly to exhausted pilots who had worked multiple flights in a row without much sleep."

This is a total fabrication.

The co pilot hadn't flown in over a week. The pilot was well under his weekly allowed in seat time..

here is the NTSB conclusion.

The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident as follows.
The captain’s inappropriate response to the activation of the stick shaker, which led to an aerodynamic stall from which the airplane did
not recover. Contributing to the accident were (1) the flight crew/*o\220s failure to monitor airspeed in relation to the rising
position of
the low-speed cue, (2) the flight crew failure to adhere to sterile cockpit procedures, (3) the captain’s failure to effectively manage
the flight, and (4) Colgan Air’s inadequate procedures for airspeed selection and management during approaches in icing conditions.

http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/GenPDF.asp?id=DCA09MA027&rpt=fi


If you are going to use a propaganda piece atleast pick one that has their facts sort of correct..



By the way... SouthWest mechanics are members of AMFA...

Unionized Mechanics... I'll feel better about flying knowing that.. NOT

Southwest had to cancel 79 flights over the weekend in order to inspect other planes that they wouldn't have except for this incident. They found two more planes developing cracks in their fusilages. Do we have to have actual accidents in order to make safety a greater priority for these airlines? that's why we clearly need better regulation.

http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9MCR16O1.htm

I suppose you feel better about non union mechanics?


The NTSB Probable Cause finding:

The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of this accident was the captain’s inappropriate response to the activation of the stick shaker, which led to an aerodynamic stall from which the airplane did not recover. Contributing to the accident were (1) the flight crew’s failure to monitor airspeed in relation to the rising position of the lowspeed cue, (2) the flight crew’s failure to adhere to sterile cockpit procedures, (3) the captain’s failure to effectively manage the flight, and (4) Colgan Air’s inadequate procedures for airspeed selection and management during approaches in icing conditions.[23]
The Board further found that: "The pilots' performance was likely impaired because of fatigue, but the extent of their impairment and the degree to which it contributed to the performance deficiencies that occurred during the flight cannot be conclusively determined." Chairman Hersman, while concurring, was clear in considering that fatigue was a contributing factor. She compared the twenty years that fatigue has remained on the NTSB's Most Wanted List of Transportation Safety Improvements (without getting substantial action on the matter from regulators) to the changes in tolerance for alcohol over the same time period, noting that the performance impacts of fatigue and alcohol were similar.[23]"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continental_Airlines_Flight_3407

Wondering how much the republicans want to cut from the Nuclear Regulatory Commision? After all isnt it a big bloated bureacracy killing the free market?

Wondering how much the republicans want to cut from the Nuclear Regulatory Commision? After all isnt it a big bloated bureacracy killing the free market?

Are these mechanics even Americans? I thought I remembered hearing that even these jobs were being offshored. This article is from two years ago. http://avstop.com/news2/twu_offshore_aviation_maintenance.htm

With the teabaggers in control, I will be dead before I'm able to apply for Medicare and Social Security. Thanks guys! Just give me back all the money I've paid into it!

This is a very interesting article about President Obama's spending.

On spending for Government programs:


On other spending:


http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2011-02-08/obamas-spending-exclusive-estimate-of-the-true-number/#

The republican tax cuts are agenda driven, cut education not subsidies to big oil and gas. The trouble isnt the cuts its were the cuts occur.

The republicans will shut down government to get what it wants. They woukd rather our troops not get paid or the elderly on social security than to give on some of the issues. This is why there can be no compromise.