{"id":3325,"date":"2010-11-10T03:20:23","date_gmt":"2010-11-10T11:20:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=3325"},"modified":"2010-11-10T03:20:23","modified_gmt":"2010-11-10T11:20:23","slug":"republicans-prove-stupidity-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2010\/11\/10\/republicans-prove-stupidity-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Republicans Prove Stupidity Again!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Trying to get Republicans to commit to what programs they intend to cut to achieve their promise to cut the deficit, at the same time that they are trying to lard it with $700 billion with tax cuts for the rich, has been harder than finding an honest Bankster.  But most agree that they want to cut the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Emergency Contingency Fund<\/em>.  That fits the Republican mantra.  Every penny spent helping needy families is a penny Republicans can\u2019t spend on welfare for millionaires.  But the fools are going to have a very hard time cutting that program.<\/font><\/p>\n

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\"10kevinmccarthy\"ThinkProgress has been documenting the struggles that House Republicans have been having as they attempt to claim the mantle of fiscal responsibility without laying out any real spending cuts to which anyone might object. Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) epitomized this dance, saying on PBS\u2019 Newshour that he had a path to budget balance, and then outlined cuts that amounted to less than one half of one percent of the budget. <\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

One program which House Republicans have consistently seized upon to bolster their budget-cutting bona fides is the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Emergency Contingency Fund, a successful program that has created 250,000 jobs in 37 states via subsidized employment programs for low-income and unemployed workers. And according to National Journal, Republicans are once again railing against the program [propaganda delinked], selecting it as one of their first programs to cut:<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

House Republicans have targeted one of the first programs they would like to ax: the $25 billion emergency fund for people who lose their jobs, part of last year\u2019s stimulus bill.<\/font><\/strong><\/span> Rep. Tom Price of Georgia, chairman of the Republican Study Committee, said the program encourages states to increase their welfare caseloads \u201cwithout requiring able-bodied individuals to work, get job training, or make other efforts to move off of taxpayer assistance.\u201d <\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

As the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities pointed out, Price\u2019s characterization of the fund <\/font><\/font>is completely inaccurate<\/font><\/a>. The program has also earned the staunch support of many Republican governors, including Gov. Haley Barbour (R-MS), who said it provided \u201cmuch-needed aid during this recession by <\/font>enabling businesses to hire new workers<\/font><\/a><\/font>, thus enhancing the economic engines of our local communities.\u201d<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

But the crux of the issue is that eliminating the TANF emergency fund will not save any money because the program has already expired<\/em><\/span><\/font><\/strong>\u2026 [emphasis original<\/em>][emphasis added<\/font><\/em>]<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Inserted from <Think Progress<\/a>><\/p>\n

Is this a pattern?  Iraq\u2019s WMD program didn\u2019t exist either.<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Trying to get Republicans to commit to what programs they intend to cut to achieve their promise to cut the deficit, at the same time that they are trying to lard it with $700 billion with tax cuts for the rich, has been harder than finding an honest Bankster.  But most agree that they want […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","category-5-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3325"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3325\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}