Posted on 11/17/2011 9:13:36 AM PST by Qbert
Consider it then reject it! Watch these so called cons will cave once again.
FWIW, I’d consider the source first while keeping my powder dry :-)
Thanks Republicans for caving in. Just what we elected you for.
They conspired with the democrats to create this pressure.
Hensarling also backed Dede Scozzafava.
If your morbidly obese spouse needs to lose weight, the answer is more exercise and fewer calories. To agree to add more Twinkies and Ho Hos to their daily diet if they promise to start exercising later is not doing them a favor. Even adding lots of Twinkies once they start exercising a little is not a good idea. The federal budget is no different. The federal budget problem is uncontrolled spending, and the solution is less spending, not eating more.
Yep. They conspired to make this inevitable, this was the whole point of the supercommittee.
Tax increases will be real and the cuts will never come(or gets jacked up in due time).
Yep. They conspired to make this inevitable, this was the whole point of the supercommittee.
Then we vote the SOBs out and continue to do so until they hear us and get it right.
“Tax increases will be real and the cuts will never come(or gets jacked up in due time).”
Yep.
Those stupid, stupid fools
This could also be the GOP calling the Democrats’ bluff.
The Democrats have been counting on the GOP to draw a line at no new taxes, so they (1) wouldn’t have to come up with any actual spending cuts, and (2) could (along with their friends in the MSM) blame the GOP for things falling apart.
Now that the GOP has put some tax increases on the table, the Democrats have to come up with at least some spending cuts.
This could be smart poker by the GOP, or, as someone said, this could just be the GOP caving.
Yet another reminder of the difference between ‘Republican’ and ‘conservative’.
Republicans will cave. They ALWAYS do.
Regardless of the outcome, Republicans will be blamed for whatever happens. It's amazing that we NEVER learn this.
Therefore, we have nothing to lose. So hold the damn line.
There will never be any real spending cuts, ever. These “cuts over 10 years” things never happen because they cannot bind future Congresses.
Tax increases will be immediate of course.
Surrender is “Calling their bluff”??
The GOP wins control of the House, assuring them control of the nation’s purse strings. WIN
Boner and McConnell agree to Democrat scheme of a secret SUPERCOMMITTEE which is mandated to control the budget or enforced cuts to the military take place. CHECKMATE. Dems block GOP success thanks to crying Boner and traitor McConnell.
Dems on committee dig heels in and demand tax increases. GOP capons on Supercommittee cave in. Game over. Dems win.
Why is the GOP leadership so feckless, stupid and cowardly?
If the Tea Party can’t make the GOP see reason, they should DESTROY the GOP and set up a real party of opposition to the Communists who run the Democrats.
Yep.
Our GOP friends have demonstrated no intention to reduce deficit spending. Time to shrug.
the ballot box has become a worthless lost cause.
This is soooo STUPID! Insane! We are 15 TRILLION in debt...more than 100% of our GDP! And in another 10 years we will be another 9 Trillion in debt. That is 24 TRILLION! And these IDIOTS can only find 1.2 trillion in "cuts"? And just where is that 9 trillion going to come from? And that doesnt include the "off-budget" accounting of unfunded liabilities of another 100 Trillion.
Hussein has racked up 4 Trillion in the last 3 years and the ENTIRE Chinese economy is 3 Trillion. So the money isnt coming from them! We are going down hard. Real hard.
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