February 18, 2011 - 4:23 pm
Incredible. TurboTax Tim* admits that the president’s budget plan — his plan too — is a joke.
*with apologies to the fine folks at TurboTax
Incredible. TurboTax Tim* admits that the president’s budget plan — his plan too — is a joke.
*with apologies to the fine folks at TurboTax
I work for TurboTax and I can attest that TurboTax will only put out what you put in (where have I heard such a reference before? Obamacare’s cost estimates? Nah, I think it was somewhere else…). In other words, it is very easy to cheat on TurboTax IF that is your intention.
Of course, this has nothing to do with what Geithner said, but I will agree with him and why it took so long for him to finally admit it.
I’m going to go out on a limb here and suggest that the only reason Geithner would slam his own budget is that he is furiously backpeddling before the SHTF. I wonder how much he knows that we don’t?
Obama has released this sham, “unsustainable” budget so that he will be able to use it as a cudgel against the Republicans when they come in with lower numbers.
This intent is obvious as Geithner admits that they don’t expect it to have any chance of passing…”With the President’s plan, even if Congress were to enact it, even if Congress were to hold to it…we would still be left with…unsustainable obligations over time.”
He then baits the hook by asking…”What’s the alternative plan?”
It is patently obvious that this budget is nothing more that a pile of peanuts placed in the elephant trap, with the intent of affording the President the ability to roll out every last sob story he can find to “prove” how budget cuts will ruin the lives of the American people.
The Administration is counting on lots of Facebook postings like this one that popped up on my Facebook Wall yesterday:
“We need everyone’s help you know. The govt is wanting to cut Head Start funding by 22%, that would mean 200,000 + children would lose their spots in preschool.”
The link is to supportheadstart.org.
David Brooks writes “It would be morally reprehensible to bankrupt the nation for the sake of a campaign theme. Obama is not that sort of person.” I agree with the first sentence but do not see the evidence that supports the second.