GOP Spending Cut Plan Would Slash 700,000 Jobs: Report

The Washington Post:

A Republican plan to sharply cut federal spending this year would destroy 700,000 jobs through 2012, according to an independent economic analysis set for release Monday.

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Comments

[Coyote50]

11:49 AM on 04/04/2011

Are you talking about posts not showing up? I don't think it's censorship, honestly, I think it's a problem with their site. When things are going fast and furious I've put in posts that look like they've gone in and then the next minute they aren't there. Don't get paranoid. It's just the ghost in the machine. There's plenty of progressive posts - way more than troll posts...

[MarieB]

02:40 PM on 03/01/2011

History repeating itself under GOP leadership. Prepare for a great depression folks.

[chef151]

02:40 PM on 03/01/2011

Why is this not the Home Page Headline again?

[worldsam]

02:32 PM on 03/01/2011

Sounds like this a plan to derail whatever is left of the economy and defeat Obama in 2012. Does anyone care about the average citizen anymore?

[It Must Get Better]

12:52 PM on 03/01/2011

So John, when you slash these 700,000 jobs, just what is it you expect these people to do? Any game plan?

[MarieB]

02:39 PM on 03/01/2011

They're going to vote against the GOP in 2012!

[chef151]

02:41 PM on 03/01/2011

Sadly, a lot of them won't anyway. If it was a case of people voting for their interests, the Republicans would cease to exist as a party.

[Coyote50]

12:00 PM on 04/04/2011

Jobs? We don't need no stinkin' jobs. Just cut off unemployment insurance, that'll help.

[GoDems2012]

12:50 PM on 03/01/2011

It's the same as it always was. I don't expect the same party that squandered over 8 million jobs during their reign to see it any other way. #middleclassSOL

[Ricardo01]

12:39 PM on 03/01/2011

So Be It , right John? Not going to spill tears over that.

[PHILVflorida]

11:17 AM on 03/01/2011

Capitalism went into cardiac arrest in Sept 2008, it was revived and kept alive after a tearful plea on the floor of the US House by John Boehner, he said we must spent $700 Billion to save the richest banks, insurance co's and securities dealers in the country. Now we are told that they only way to save the country again, is to do away with Planned Parenthood, Clean Air, Food Safety and eliminate pre-school day care for the poor. And if that means we lose some jobs in the process, "So Be It".

[TEHelms]

11:09 AM on 03/01/2011

The Republicans are caught between the devil and the deep blue when they want to cut government during a recession and that is that when only the government can spend then the government must spend to keep the recession from going into a depression. They never expected to create jobs in the first place because cutting spending will not do that. Look at every bill they have brought up and it has to do with pandering to their base of the tea baggers and the pro-life crowd..nothing to do with jobs!

Any study done that doesn't come out their way is dismissed and the beat to destroy the President goes on. Same old story; different day.

Balance the budget? Draw back and close all non-essential military bases overseas and cut 250B a year from the military budget. Get out of Afghanistan and concentrate on al Qaeda where you find them; it doesn't take 100,000 troops to do that. Roll back the tax cuts for those making over 500K per year. Eliminate big agricultural and oil company tax breaks. Raise contributions to social security to the 200k level. There you are..balanced in less than 10 years.

[dmsdzinr]

10:24 AM on 03/01/2011

YO Johnny, You promised to create/provide MORE new Jobs, right?! Instead you are doing all you can to ELIMINATE existing jobs. What's the Dealio Orange Johnny? Oh that is right, you Tea Party Gopers are doing ALL you can to make the situation as bad as possible, which you will then try to blame on the President and the Democrats. I want to let you and Mitch in on a little secret:
America KNOWS what you are doing. The JIG is UP!

[Colleen Myers]

09:03 AM on 03/01/2011

According to Boehner, and the GOP, one of the main reasons they opposed the Healthcare bill, was that it would kill 600,000 jobs (a lie, by the way), however when a plan of theirs may kill 700,000, the attitude is "So be it".

Typical TeaPublicans

[rustysc]

01:14 AM on 03/01/2011

When Boehner found out the cuts would cause the loss of 700,000 jobs....he responded with "So be it."

[rksnj67]

07:50 AM on 03/01/2011

The man really cares, about the top 2%!

[rustysc]

08:59 AM on 03/01/2011

That's the only thing he cares about. Worst and wimpiest speaker of the House, ever!

[madisonlike60]

01:12 AM on 03/01/2011

Why is this 'story' buried? Hello......HP

[Modest1981]

10:48 PM on 02/28/2011

To believe that eliminating 700k jobs from any sector is the path to job creation is ludicrous; there are a lot of people that seem to be trying hard to believe though.

[rksnj67]

07:50 AM on 03/01/2011

It seems the TBaggers will believe anything that the GOP and Fox Noise tells them.