Posted on 12/05/2012 5:10:14 PM PST by Kaslin
House Speaker John Boehner emerged Wednesday from a meeting with fellow Republican congressional leaders and urged President Obama to meet face to face on solving the countrys looming fiscal crisis or send a deal to Congress on which both chambers can agree.
We need a response from the White House, said Boehner, who sent a proposal Monday to the White House. We can't sit here and negotiate with ourselves. If the president doesn't agree with our proposal and our outline, I think he's got an obligation to send one to the Congress.
The president and congressional Republicans are at a stalemate on how to check the countrys rising $16 trillion debt and to reduce its budget deficits, which have topped $1 trillion for several straight years. The president has so far insisted on raising tax rates for the countrys highest earners and appears willing to make cuts to entitlement programs. Republicans have called for changes to the tax code to boost revenue, instead of tax rate increases, along with bigger spending cuts.
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...resignation.
Amen!
I think we are.
BTW, I just saw some man-on-the-street interviews on Fox. The question? "What is the fiscal cliff?"
And, well... No one knew what it was. It's easy to see how the media controls the sheep. But I can't say the sheep don't deserve what they get.
Unfortunately, we have to go down with the ship too.
An alternative strategy would be to hold the fort, not vote for any tax increases and heavily cut the budget.
Everyone knows Boehner is going to cave. Also, he’s just purged serious tea partiers from major committees and has only his RINO toadies in the leadership and among the committee chairs.
People know from past experience not only that Boehner will cave, but that even while he’s posturing publicly before doing so closer to the practical deadline—he’s already secretly working with Obama to figure how he can get what Obama wants past his delegation.
I agree 100%. But there's a 1% chance of it happening. Call me a hopeless optimist.
Are they afraid of losing the layabout vote?
Can you hear us now?
What a crock of festering worms! Call the DIMs’ bluff. This BS is never-ending because it is always the-end-of-the-world if we don’t give in to the DIMs. Let’s go! Hold on tight! Enough of this repetitive BS.
By fighting to cut them. I know it's an almost-impossible battle, but he's not even trying. I've lost patience with him. He's accepted the Democrats' premises and is just negotiating how much we're willing to give up.
Shut 'er down!
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