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Paul Ryan Starts Off on Wrong Foot With Budget Deal

By David Harsanyi
Friday, October 30 2015

Grass-roots conservatives have many unrealistic expectations and political objectives. And then sometimes they have a good point. The new budget deal arranged by John Boehner and Democrats -- approving $50 billion of additional spending in 2016 and $30 billion in 2017 -- will be split between domestic discretionary programs and defense. Cuts will supposedly take effect in 2025, by which time this deal is likely to be buried under a dozen budget debates and a trillion dollars of bad memories for fiscal conservatives. We're told the reason for GOP capitulation is that Boehner, acting selflessly…

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