This is because no one really wants to cut anything noticeable.
Including the American public - which is the real source of all our problems.
Republicans are pulled in 2 ways. The base that expects them to be the conservatives they claimed to be, and the realization that the majority of the country is not yet ready for serious cuts and will eat them alive if they actually fulfill their campaign pledges.
The real problem is the American public - not the politicians they elect. We are getting precisely what we deserve as a nation.
Thanks for posting this, kristinn. I know you’ve taken some grief from some whiners on FR lately. I appreciate your work.
And while I am at it, kudos to John Boehner, too. His proposals aren’t perfect, but they’re put down on PAPER and real, unlike Hussein’s speechifying, and Hairy Reed’s mealy mouthed half assed approach.
So let him re-do the bill—it shows he is willing to take critical analysis and work the numbers right. He made a mistake last go-round, hopefully he learned from the situation and is working to make it better this time.
I do think he ought to incorporate someone in the Tea Party with his leadership team...get their input into a bill. The House can pass two or three strong bills, and send them to the Senate.
Let Reid deal with any or all of them...then Boehner can again say to the American people that the House gave the Demonrats several choices.
The best ones among them are fools and the crowd is sprinkled with vain idiots.
“This is because no one really wants to cut anything noticeable.”
Including people on this site (i.e., www.FreeRepublic.com)....where half of the oldies are DEMANDING their Social Security money, even if it drives the country bankrupt (which, of course, it will).
We all like to talk big about cutting the budget, as long as it’s not our gravy train. When people here start to understand the fact that THEY (collectively) elected people to IMMEDIATELY spend the money they paid into Social Security, then I will start believing all the hyperventilation here.
The Republicans in Congress are stuck, as their voters are DEMANDING that the country go broke by not increasing taxes and not touching entitlements. And yes, half of the old people understand this...but the other half lines right up with Bernie Sanders on entitlements...and, of course, so do all of the Democrats.
Given those numbers...what exactly are the Republicans in Congress expected to do...print money out of thin air? Yep, and that is exactly the only choice we’re giving them.