WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Stockman Friday released his own “Stockman Smartquester” alternative to President Barack Obama’s “sequester” plan, which requires $83.4 billion in across-the-board cuts if a spending plan is not agreed to be March 1.
While Obama’s sequester seeks $83.4 billion in spending cuts, the Stockman Smartquester saves even more money, $84 billion from just five programs, without touching essential services.
“Obama proposed sequester, demanded it be part of the debt deal, signed it into law and angrily promised to veto the GOP efforts to repeal it,” said Stockman, “Now, like Dr. Frankenstein, he’s running from his own creation. It is an intentional untruth to say sequester cuts must come from police officers and schools. It’s a tiny cut that barely moves the needle on federal spending. You can meet sequester targets by instead eliminating a small amount of waste, which is what the Stockman Smartquester does.”
“Not only does the Stockman Smartquester save even more money than Obama’s blunt sequester cuts, it cuts spending without touching critical programs like police, schools and NASA,” said Stockman.
“House Republicans have passed two different bills to replace Obama’s plan to cut critical services. Senate Democrats refuse to hold a vote on it and Obama once vowed to veto any plans to stop his sequester,” said Stockman. “Republicans want responsible spending reductions, but Democrats seem committed to blind, across-the-board cuts to scare people. I encourage my Democrat colleagues to cease irresponsible blustering and support the intelligent cuts in the Stockman Smartquester.”
The plan, five simple spending cuts which meet Obama’s sequester reduction targets without cuts to essential programs, is outlined below:
The $84.0 billion “Stockman Smartquester” Plan, which saves even more money than $83.4 billion Obamaquester
Eliminate the government’s “free cell phone” plan that has ballooned into the ObamaPhone giveaway, 41 percent of which goes to people not even eligible: $2.2 billion in savings
Eliminate ObamaCare’s “Public Health Slush Fund,” which even Democrats want to eliminate: $10 billion in savings
Require food stamp recipients, the numbers of which have exploded under Obama, to actually be eligible for food stamps: $26 billion in savings
Eliminate overpayments for ObamaCare exchange subsidies: $44 billion in savings
Eliminate Obama’s “renewable energy” fund in the Energy Department: $1.8 billion in savings
TOTAL SAVINGS: $84 billion
Contact: Donny Ferguson, 202-225-1555 or Donny.Ferguson@mail.house.gov
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I’m so sick of this !!!!! None of you people deserve a pay ! There’s a CUT of our wasteful money right there ! STOP giving money to our enemies ! STOP this “green energy” crap until you can really find something that works. STOP letting illegals come into this country including b.o. to live off of us. In order to come to this country and live here legal you need a sponsor, someone who has a job for you set up !!! NO ONE comes here to live free off of us !!! Believe me fourth graders could run this country better than what we have in D.C.
Running this country without a budget for the past 4 years is criminal ! They all belong in prison ! WE ARE PAYING THEM FOR WHAT ?!?!!? YOU DON’T PAY PEOPLE FOR THIS KIND OF WORK ? YOU GET RID OF THEM !!!! WHEN THE HELL ARE WE GOING TO SPEAK UP AND DO SOMETHING ? SOME ONE BETTER COME TO THE PLATE SOON….VERY SOON !!!
ARE YOU AFRAID TO PRINT THE TRUTH OF WHAT I JUST SAID ??? THEN YOU ARE THE PROBLEM IN THIS COUNTRY AND THIS IS WHY WE ARE WHERE WE ARE !!! IN TROUBLE AND VERY AFRAID OF WHAT IS TO COME !!! THANKS FOR NOTHING !!!
Oh no! …………. Didn’t you get the memo? ………… Congress has been in recess for at least four years plus. Have no idea if or when they will ever return. ………… No workee, no payee. …… That should help the budget a wee bit.
Jesu Christie,
Stockman delivers an alternate “dimple” and becomes a hero!
Cut the Bullcrap!
Federal DEFICIT spending is 40% of Revenue and these YoYos cry “meatcleaver” over 2%
Are you kidding me?
Then another YoYo cries WAIT!
I have a different dimple!….Look at my 2%
Are you kidding me!
America….LISTEN UP
It won’t be easy, but
Check out my Debt Reduction Initiative (DRI)
http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blogs/a-message-to-all-americans
In 3 years we can be on the Road to Recovery…
Forget the 10 year – 40 year plans that are surely guaranteed to fail
* because the current perps will be gone
* THEY/WE/YOU/I/US cannot possibly predict 10-40 years into the future.
If you want a plan with a chance it has to get done soon!
My plan fixes the Deficit in 3 years…THEN on to DEBT reduction.
Alas, with the meat-cleaver, fear-mongering name calling from BOTH sides, NOBODY in WASHINGTON has the cajones to face into the problem
They ARE ALL wimps/whoosies/girlie men/crooks/idiots.
If YOU are a real American, support my DRI!