Ryan's Budget and the debt limit

[d-ray657]

Originally Posted by whell

You've got a vivid imagination, but let me help you with your memory. The left has been harping so much about the "six trillion dollar deficit" (I think you mean that it adds six trillion in new debt). They forget that the budget proposal from Obama added even more:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/0..._n_837764.html

And the estimates above were based on assumptions about an improving jobs market that have yet to materialize. Therefore, the projections could be overly conservative.

But you do not deny that the GOP is trying to leverage the situation impose spending priorities.

You have already stated your priority to continue the subsidies for the oil industry, although the industry appears to be faring quite well in this economy. I don't recall you stating whether you favor continuing the agribusiness subsidies.

Regards,

D-Ray