So this deficit comm can pass tax leg all by itself,without the House
I don’t think so
“So this deficit comm can pass tax leg all by itself,without the House
I don’t think so”
- “And if the Congress rejects the Commission’s demands for new tax revenue, there will be a trigger that cuts both medicare funding and defense funding.
Except, the defense funding cuts will be much more massive than the medicare cuts. And the GOP, in addition to seeing defense cut, would be hacking off seniors right before an election.”
Correct.
Looks like Redstate is resorting to a bit of demogoguery here.
The committee "will have the power to come up with new tax revenue" as they put it.
So what? They "have the power" to come up with any idea they please. It doesn't mean Congress will pass it.
And what's this about the defense cuts supposedly being more draconian than the Medicare cuts? What...do they have an "unnamed source" or something to tell them that?