Posted on 11/20/2011 8:18:43 PM PST by Qbert
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a super failure of the super committee that was a super stupid idea in the first place
The libs don’t think it’s a failure. This is exactly what they wanted to happen.
They get their massive defense cuts.
This morning, Sen. Kerry on MTP and Rep. Xavier Becerra on FNS used the term ‘everything is on the table’.
Rep. Xavier Becerra basically said the Dems are content with allowing the Super Committee to default to the August agreement, unless they can come up with a better plan [translation: more taxes, more spending].
The Dems will use the failure of the Super Committee the same way they are using the failure of the Jobs Bill: To place the blame on the obstructionist Republicans are the cause of the failure.
"The libs dont think its a failure. This is exactly what they wanted to happen.
They get their massive defense cuts."
Yep. And the Establishment Repubs appear to have gone right along with the scheme- either that, or they truly are stupid.
This whole fiasco was planned to fail. The cuckolds and worthless people that are the majority in Congress wouldn’t have it any other way. The only guy who seems genuinely concerned about the condition of the US economy is Toomey. The rest just don’t want to ruffle any feathers. If we can’t get more sensible people like Toomey in this go round, we are doomed.
"The only guy who seems genuinely concerned about the condition of the US economy is Toomey. The rest just dont want to ruffle any feathers. If we cant get more sensible people like Toomey in this go round, we are doomed."
Toomey deeply disappointed me with his tax hike proposal. I agree that he truly cares about the economy, and I know he wanted to try to prevent a larger tax increase when the Bush rates expire- but I think he played his cards very poorly here.
The GOP should make one last offer then pass it as a bill in the House make the Senate responsible for cuts or credit rating downgrade,
One revenue measure could be 10% flat tax on repatriated money. Enhanced revenue with a tax cut.
Did anyone with a pulse really expect something from this charade?
With a pulse? Yes. With at least one functioning brain cell? No.
Boehner should be ashamed of this fool’s bargain with the dark side.
How else can you play them when everyone around the table is a crook. This whole thing is disgusting. Hard decisions need to be made and everyone acts like things are business as usual. If we don’t get this under control fast, the European meltdown will take us down too. It is time to get ahead of this thing.
Pretty much, Congress needed to figure out a way of raising the debt ceiling without taking responsibility for raising the debt ceiling. The solution? A super committee that doesn’t do a damn thing, defaulting to cuts that might or might now happen.
might or might not happen ..... ooops
You can’t just blame Boehner; but the entire concept is extra-constitutional.
“How else can you play them when everyone around the table is a crook.”
We could all see back in August that this was coming- the Repubs were going to get played because it was set up that way.
If failure was inevitable then, why not take the case to the American people at least, instead of secretive, backroom Obamacare-esque dealing? They don’t want massive tax hikes in a feeble economy.
Recently while the democrats controlled both houses, there was no budget passed for more than a year, at least. I’m not even sure they even proposed one. But it is all the republicans fault as they tell it. And now it is fixed so no budget will kick in until after the coming elections.
We are so screwed.
These morons think they are statesmen, instead of Party hacks.
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