Posted on 12/15/2012 8:52:53 PM PST by Para-Ord.45
The situation the Feds are facing is this: when you haven’t a clue how to manage money, you always need more.
I agree. “Boehner caves” but now the onus is on Obama. The GOP can now say they’ve compromised. Now the Rats need to come to the table with their side of the deal.
I'm with you - bumping the "offered" amount to $1 mil also demonstrates that what they want to do is raise the numbers of people paying higher taxes while insulating their voting base from paying any taxes. Until even the lowest wage earners pay some sort of taxes (beyond the "benefits" deductions), they will never have the incentive to lower spending.
Letting the whole argument become protecting tax cuts for the richest 2% and cutting social security and medicare for everyone else is such a losing position. I don’t understand how they can’t see this.
Tax hikes on the "rich" would've come one way or the other. There was no avoiding it. Hopefully the concession that Boehner gave on this will give him some leverage to stand firm on the Assault Weapons Ban that is right around the corner.
They have allowed the Dems to frame the issue.
The issue is overspending. We will spend less and live within our means - whether we assent to it or not. We can not continue such irresponsible financial behavior.
If Beohner had any wits he would demand spending cuts - actual cuts, not decreases in the increase - before agreeing to any tax increases.
If Beohner had any wits he would demand spending cuts - actual cuts, not decreases in the increase - before agreeing to any tax increases.
You are spot-on. At end of the day this is all theatre and artificial drama. boehner and o will slow dance until the last minute and then with trumpets blaring, announce a “bi-partaisan” agreement has been reached and the country has been saved. But what about tomorrow, and next week...we will still have the same debt and no leadership..we are doomed!
He lacks courage, as do most Republicans.
My experience in life tells me that people fear unpopularity more than almost anything.
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