Bill Nelson to Obama: It’ll Take Merlin the Magician to Pull Off Your Budget
Tallahassee—On Monday Democrat Senator Bill Nelson said it will take a magician—specifically, Merlin—to pull off President Obama’s budget.
When questioned about the massive budget in an interview with FOX News, Senator Nelson replied, “How we’re going to pull this off, it’s going to take Merlin the Magician.”
Nelson, a member of the Senate Budget Committee, cautioned that the Obama budget will have to be modified due to projections that federal deficits over the next ten years will exceed Obama’s projections by $2.3 trillion. Senator Nelson notes, “we’re going to have to go back and rework this whole thing…” Nelson then suggested higher taxes, saying, “…you’re going to have to speed up the revenues coming in from such things as possibly a cigarette tax, possibly…cap and trade…”
The Wall Street Journal tells Nelson, “Getting cap-and-trade legislation – opponents call it “cap and tax” — and a higher cigarette tax through Congress, however, might require more than one Merlin.”
