Friday, March 27, 2009

About the GOP budget "plan"

All you need to know.

1. The key philosopy: "limits the federal budget from growing faster than the family budget." I guess that's a pretty clear rejection of fiscal policy.

2. Oh yes. The blueprint budget has lots of blue print, but alas, few proposed numbers.

3. Intriguingly, it apparently proposes that the laws of supply and demand be repealed. It complains about proposed energy (carbon) taxes but calls for increased development of wind and solar:


Keeps Energy and Fuel Costs Low
Instead of taxing all energy users with a new national energy tax ... Republicans want energy independence
with increased development of all our natural resources, including
renewable energy sources, such as wind and solar.

While we're at it let's just change some basic physics as well. That could create energy independence in a big hurry.