I agree 100 percent w Rand Paul. Obama is going to get his damned tax increases, why should the GOP get complicit blame, in any way, shape or form.
Obama has proven that he has zero coattails in a midterm cycle. Make the Dems own the economy and the tax increases.
People will get hurt? Hell yes, and I hope all of them voted for Obama. They are going to get hurt anyway.
He gets those automatically, but what he does not get automatically is a debt increase. Why on earth the GOP would let the spending go on unabated without a fight is beyond me. Imagine if the situation were reversed, if they held the House and Republicans held the Senate and the White House. This is what Reagan faced, and Reagan had to agree to tons of excessive spending because the Dems used the House to control the purse strings. They gave some on taxes as long as they got to keep their pet social programs intact.
Same thing should apply here. The People's House was given control of the purse for a reason. It represents the entire nation, too, and Republicans received a higher percentage of the vote for congressional seats than Obama received for the seat he illegally holds. They should say, "this is how much you can spend. Period. If you want more, you have to work a deal with us on taxes." Now, what would happen is that Obama would go ballistic, and the media would go ballistic, as the federal government ran out of money. The Republicans would cave at the mere thought of it. I wouldn't. I would welcome it. It's a battle that should have been won in 1995, but Bob Dole caved in too early. It's a battle that George Bush refused to fight. Withstand the blistering attacks from MSNBC and the Washington Post, and outlast the bastard. That's what men with courage would do. Hell, it's not like signing the Declaration of Independence or anything, it's just refusing to let the country go down the tubes and enduring bad press.
But I fantasize. Boehner is as much a part of DC as Harry Reid. To shut one agency for one day would pain him more than the loss of a loved one.
Vote present for the next 2 years. America wants socialism let them get it without 1 republican vote. Let the leftists run the country for 2 years and let them own this disaster. Let the ultra left democrats in congress pass what they want. (Not including cap and trade or a vat). The majority of the country has its head buried 2 feet up its own ass. This president is a kamikaze pilot. Theres nothing we can do to stop him now. Let him own this.
Rand Paul and the Republicans are in an impossible situation. They know raising taxes is bad for the economy and will hurt the American economy. They are the adults. However the decadent and dependent won the last election. Elections do matter and have consequences. Let Obama have his mean spirited petty tax increases and extend the rest of the Bush tax cuts in a separate bill. Then fight hard not to allow an increase in the debt ceiling until the spending cuts become real. If they don’t extend the debt ceiling it will be messy but it will force Obama either to have the US default or actually cut spending. They will then have to explain that the country cannot keep consuming more than it produces and remain viable. If the people don’t understand it, then there really is no social consensus to preserve.