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Cavuto Helps Promotes Threat To Shut Down The Government

Posted by Brian -5pc on January 11, 2013 · Flag

On Monday’s Your World, (1/7/13), Rep. Matt Salmon (R-AZ) got a warm welcome to discuss his threat to shut down the federal government to force spending cuts. The only challenge from Cavuto was on political grounds, not over any actual deleterious effects such a measure might have. Meanwhile, Cavuto spoke admiringly about Salmon’s “vinegar and fight.”

Salmon filibustered. 

“I came to Washington this time to cut spending and to balance the budget. I didn’t come there to be a Congressman again, I came there to do a very specific job. Used to say I liked to fight for the next generation, to make sure we don’t pass those tax burdens on to them, or paying the debt back to them. But it’s not about future generations any more, it’s about the guy that retires tomorrow. And so, frankly, I believe we’ve got a very tough job to do, and it’s going to take some tough love. And after this latest bait and switch by Pelosi and the President, where they said, you know, ‘Just give us these revenues, these tax increases, and then we’ll roll over and play dead,’ well, that’s not what they’re doing. Unless Republicans man up and show that we’re willing to fight the fight, and do what has to be done, we’re not going to balance the budget.”

Salmon later added, “We have to employ everything that we possibly can. It’s not my first option.”

Cavuto did note that the Republican party was not behind Salmon’s stance. “Apparently not Speaker Boehner’s first option, and it’s not Mitch McConnell’s first option. A lot of prominent Republicans have said it’s not their option. You say it should be.”

Salmon replied, “It should be on the table. It should be an option. We should do whatever it takes to make sure that we get this budget balanced.”

Cavuto said, “Agree or disagree, you have some vinegar and fight in you, and whether people support your position or not, you’re one of the few who’s not afraid to state it, and I get a sense from a lot of your colleagues, that they’re running around with a tail between their legs, and they’re afraid of their own shadow. What’s happened to Republicans?” Cavuto closed by saying, “Congressman, I admire your guts, and it was very good having you.”

Instead of kissing up to the Congressman, Cavuto could have mentioned some of the negative effects of a government shutdown, such as slower economic growth, a threatened housing market, blocked tax refunds, increased deficits, small business loans blocked and 800,000 federal workers furloughed. But it was no surprise that he did not.

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Kevin Koster commented 2013-01-12 19:54:33 -0500 · Flag
I would actually agree with cutting the salaries of everyone in the three branches. I would also agree with the idea of reducing the staff sizes. Neither approach would net that much, but it would be a good step toward this notion being put forward that “everybody needs to step up”…
truman commented 2013-01-12 11:35:19 -0500 · Flag
@joseph west. And if our President proposed cutting defense spending in Salmon’s district, the little teabagger would scream with indignation.
Joseph West commented 2013-01-12 01:50:20 -0500 · Flag
I’m all for a gov’t shutdown if the first item that the gov’t cuts in terms of spending is Congressional salaries—especially the salaries of idiots like Salmon. It’s so funny that these yahoos, when they’re out on the campaign trail promising to “cut gov’t spending,” never seem to promise they’ll seek a 50% cut in Congressional pay (which would still allow these morons to have a larger annual salary than the average voter) and a similar cut in all the perks. They want to cut every other item in the budget except for defense spending and their own salaries.
Aria Prescott commented 2013-01-11 23:34:41 -0500 · Flag
Republication: It [Government Shutdown] should be on the table. It should be an option.

Translation: I don’t want to pull the trigger, but I will. Now give me what I want!

Now, for comparison…

Man with hostage: I don’t want to pull the trigger, but I will. Now give me what I want!
Kent Brockman commented 2013-01-11 22:11:35 -0500 · Flag
Note To Fux Nuzies

Empires are Expensive Critters that Bleed You Dry. Solution: get out of The Empire Business and fix up your own back yard – The Banking/Investment ‘System’ (aka Virtual Money Laundering).
doors17 commented 2013-01-11 19:05:32 -0500 · Flag
I wish you all could see my shocked face.
Steve St John commented 2013-01-11 17:29:57 -0500 · Flag
Yeah, but those 800,000 workers don’t have real jobs, because the government can’t create jobs, right?








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