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Barney Frank Wants to Cut Defense Budget by 25 Percent
Weekly Standard Blog —
... Frank told the editorial board of the SouthCoast Standard-Times that he wanted to reduce defense spending by a quarter, meaning the United States would have to withdraw from Iraq sooner. ...
Barney Frank wants to cut defense spending by 25% and raise taxes.
RedState: Conservative News and Community —
This is truth.
This is not an exaggeration or euphemism.
This is his intent.
NEW BEDFORD — After the November election, Democrats will push
for a second economic stimulus package that includes money for the
states' stalled infrastructure projects, along with help paying for
healthcare expenses, food stamps and extended unemployment
benefits, U.S. Rep. Barney Frank said Thursday.
In a meeting with the editorial board of The Standard-Times,
Rep. Frank, D-Mass., also called for a 25 percent cut in military
spending, saying the ...
Barney Frank Lets Democrats' Tax Plan Slip
Politics Daily —
... Speaking of the Democrats' plan for a second round of economic stimulus, Frank said that Congress would try to pass the legislation after the election but hinted that it would have to wait until the new Congress, and perhaps the new administration, is sworn in in January. Sen. Barack Obama supports the $300 billion second economic stimulus, which together with the $700 billion financial sector bailout passed last month would total over $1 trillion in new federal spending in just the last three months of the year. Coupled with Sen. Obama's ambitious proposals for increasing ...
(Rep. Barney) Frank envisions post-election stimulus from Democrats
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News —
... out, and we want to stay over their objection," he said. "It's extraordinary." The Maliki government in Iraq "can't sell (the withdrawal deal with the U.S.) because it sounds like we're going to stay too long." "I was teasing (U.S. Rep.) Jack Murtha (a key supporter of military budgets) and I said to him, 'For the first time, somebody else has got a bill that's almost as big as yours.' We don't need all these fancy new weapons. I think there needs to be additional review." Read more: http://www.southcoasttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AI... The story is ostensibly about a ...
Thank You, Barney Frank, for Your Honesty
The Corner on National Review Online —
... Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) said Democrats will push for a stimulus package after the November election, and called for a package reducing defense spending by 25 percent while saying Congress will "eventually" raise taxes. Frank told the editorial board of the SouthCoast Standard-Times that he wanted to reduce defense spending by a quarter, meaning the United States would have to withdraw from Iraq sooner. "The people of Iraq want us out, and we want to stay over their objection," he said. "It's extraordinary." Frank also said the post-election stimulus package will focus on ...
Boehner blasts Frank for ' incredibly irresponsible' statements
Politico Live's Blogs —
... House Minority Leader John Boehner is seizing on comments made by Democratic Rep. Barney Frank, after Frank suggested to a local newspaper that Democrats should slash the defense budget by up to 25 percent and eventually may have to raise taxes on the rich. ...
The Complete Disconnect On The SOFA...
Main and Central —
McCain=Bush!
In an article that reflects yesterday's post, Barney Frank is calling for...
In a meeting with the editorial board of The Standard-Times, Rep. Frank, D-Mass., also called for a 25 percent cut in military spending, saying the Pentagon has to start choosing from its many weapons programs, and that upper-income taxpayers are going to see an increase in what they are asked to pay.
The military cuts also mean getting out of Iraq sooner, he said. ...
Carol Platt Liebau: The (Ugly) Shape of Things to Come
Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog —
Barney Frank has let the cat out of the bag about the Democrats' plans if they control all three branches of government . Ready? Here it comes: 1. A 25% cut in military expenditures 2. Tax increases 3. More federal money to subsidize healthcare expenses, food stamps and extended unemployment benefits. It's a far-left liberal's dream package. Don't say the Democrats didn't warn us that they'll be trying to turn a recession into a depression. And would anyone have ever dreamed that the Congress would try to take another holiday from history by eviscerating our military just ...
Budget Wars – Part I
Politico Live's Blogs —
... Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.), the chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, was discussing the economic crisis and a second economic stimulus bill with a home-state newspaper when he dropped a bomb – calling for a 25 percent cut to the Pentagon's budget. ...
Barney Frank: Cut Military Budget
Blue Star Chronicles —
... . In this incredibly dangerous world, a world that has not teetered on the brink of war so precariously since 1939, Barney Frank says we will save money and cut the military budget. He says we don’t need all those fancy weapons anyway. Besides, they will spend more by ’spreading the wealth’ and giving hand-outs to those who don’t participate by paying taxes to being with. ...
Barney Frank: Let’s cut military spending by 25%
Sister Toldjah —
... to find “rich people to tax,” a top liberal Democrat in the House is licking his chops at the idea of trying to cut military spending by 25% during an Obama administration. And with what may be a supermajority in the House and Senate, who would stop him? ...
Next Order of Business
Jules Crittenden —
... A good couple of decades’ work done destroying America’s economy, Barney Frank would now like to commence operations on our national defense. Barney to New Bedford Standard-Times ed board, boost taxes and wealth-redistribution, cut warpig pork by 25 percent: NEW BEDFORD — After the November election, Democrats will push for a second economic stimulus package that includes money for the states’ stalled infrastructure projects, along with help paying for healthcare expenses, food stamps and extended unemployment benefits, U.S. Rep. Barney Frank said Thursday. In a meeting ...
It Has Begun... Dem Leaders Call for 25% Slash in Military Spending-- Nationalizing 401K's
Gateway Pundit —
More Hope and Change... Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) of Fannie-gate fame, announced yesterday that he wants a 25% cut in military spending. He also echoed Barack Obama and wants to slash defense projects. SouthCoast Today reported: In a meeting with the editorial board of The Standard-Times, Rep. Frank, D-Mass., also called for a 25 percent cut in military spending, saying the Pentagon has to start choosing from its many weapons programs, and that upper-income ...
The Democrats’ “New” Plan for America: Tax, Spend and Cut Defense
Patterico's Pontifications —
[Guest post by DRJ]
Here are a few of the things Democrats plan if they win in November:
Rep. Barney Frank wants to cut defense spending 25% and effectively defund the troops to get the US out of Iraq sooner:
“In a meeting with the editorial board of The Standard-Times, Rep. Frank, D-Mass., also called for a 25 percent cut in military spending, saying the Pentagon has to start choosing from its many weapons programs, and that upper-income taxpayers are going to see an increase in what they are asked to pay.
The military cuts also ...
The Brilliance Of Bawney Fwank: ‘Cut The Military Budget By 25%’
Pat Dollard | Young Americans —
... defense, promote the general welfare (NOT that kind of “welfare”), and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
Sorry, dems, but I don’t see anything in there about healthcare, daycare, pre-school, or free housing …
Frank envisions post-election stimulus from Democrats
By Steve Urbon - Standard-Times
NEW BEDFORD — After the November election, Democrats will push for a ...
Bill Dyer: Obama, Frank, and the Dems plot course to repeat the debacle of Desert One with 25% cut in military funding
Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog —
... , he's already pointing to (a) increased taxes and (b) decreased military spending. And Obama's allies and proxies in Congress aren't even bothering to conceal this : After the November election, Democrats will push for a second economic stimulus package that includes money for the states' stalled infrastructure projects, along with help paying for healthcare expenses, food stamps and extended unemployment benefits, U.S. Rep. Barney Frank said Thursday. In a meeting with the editorial board of The Standard-Times, Rep. Frank, D-Mass., also called for a 25 percent cut in ...
Interesting Plan, Congressman
Op For —
Though my strategy for winning the war may differ a bit After the November election, Democrats will push for a second economic stimulus package that includes money for the states' stalled infrastructure projects, along with help paying for healthcare expenses, food stamps and extended unemployment benefits, U.S. Rep. Barney Frank said Thursday.
In a meeting with the editorial board of The Standard-Times, Rep. Frank, D-Mass., also called for a 25 percent cut in military spending, saying the Pentagon has to start choosing from its many weapons programs, and ...
McCain Raises the Spectre of a Multi-headed Reid-Pelosi-Obama Hydra Controlling Washington, DC
Political Punch —
... . And it's why you hear Republicans seize upon remarks like those made by Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., chair of the House Financial Services Committee, who told a local Massachusetts newspaper that in addition to a second economic stimulus package he'd like to see Congress enact a 25 percent cut in military spending. Frank doesn't control the pursestrings of the Pentagon budget, but the underlying argument is that America is about to turn over control to a bunch of liberal Democrats. Bloomberg News columnist Amity Shales, a senior fellow in economic history at the Council on ...
Frank Talk
Mudville Gazette —
Barney Frank on defense in a home state paper: In a meeting with the editorial board of The Standard-Times, Rep. Frank, D-Mass., also called for a 25 percent cut in military spending, saying the Pentagon has to start choosing from its many weapons programs, and that upper-income taxpayers are going to see an increase in what they are asked to pay.
Frank further clarified: "We don't need all these fancy new weapons. I think there needs to be additional review."Lot's of folks are outraged, outraged I tell you, over ...
No Slant Here
TheOtherSideofKim Front Page —
Nope: no reporting bias here at all: After the November election, Democrats will push for a second economic stimulus package that includes money for the states’ stalled infrastructure projects, along with help paying for healthcare expenses, food stamps and extended unemployment benefits, U.S. Rep. Barney Frank said Thursday.
In a meeting with the editorial board of The Standard-Times, Rep. Frank, D-Mass., also called for a 25 percent cut in military spending, saying the Pentagon has to start choosing from its ...
Frank defends call for cut in military spending
Politico Live's Blogs —
... Rep. Barney Frank defended his call for a 25 percent cut in military spending in a brief interview with Politico on Monday, after his comments sparked a Republican ...
The Obama-Frank defense cuts create an opening
The Next Right —
... Let's forgive Pat for missing the economic crisis and improvement in Iraq and focus on the basic economic point for a moment. When Barney Frank said that he would cut defense spending by 25%, both resonating with an image of Barack Obama and ...
The Obama-Frank defense cuts create an opening
RedState: Conservative News and Community —
... Let's forgive Pat for missing the economic crisis and
improvement in Iraq and focus on the basic economic point for a
moment. When
Barney Frank said that he would cut defense spending by 25%,
both resonating with an image of Barack Obama and ...
Palin: Do Dems Think Terrorists Have Become Good Guys?
News —
... Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin questioned Democrats' commitment to fighting terrorists using some of the harshest rhetoric of the campaign. Gov. Palin (Alaska), in a speech Monday in Jefferson City, Mo., launched her attack by warning against a government takeover by the "left wing of the Democratic Party." She noted that Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) has called for cutting defense spending by 25 percent. She said that she and John McCain have a better idea than Democrats. "Let's not retreat from wars that are almost won, and let's not gut the defense budget, ...
Who Rules the Pentagon?
Antiwar.com Original —
... at $922 billion and quickly closing in on the trillion dollar mark. Common Sense Cuts? Years late, and with budgets everywhere bleeding red, some in Congress and elsewhere are finally raising questions about whether this level of spending makes any sense. Unfortunately, the questions are not coming from the inner circle of the president-elect. Representative Barney Frank (D-Mass.) drew the ire and consternation of hard-line Republicans and military hawks when, in October, he suggested that Congress should consider cutting defense spending by a quarter. That would mean ...
Will Obama Cut the Defense Budget?
Weekly Standard Blog —
... Would Obama really propose so drastic a plan? Presumably not. It's hard to imagine the devastating effect it would have on the military. It would certainly force highly embarrassing recriminations and resignations from the Department of Defense. And it would almost certainly be rejected by Congress. After all, even Barney Frank only wants a 25 percent cut in defense. Democrats in marginal and conservative districts would be forfeiting their careers if they supported such a plan. So is Rahm is simply softening up the battlefield for a cut of 25 percent or so? I guess we'll ...
Barney Frank Moves to Strip Funding For Extra F-22s
Blogs | Mother Jones —
... Frank is one of the few reliable voices on the Hill in favor of dramatically reducing military spending: earlier this year he called for the defense budget to be slashed by 25 percent. (The Obama administration ...
