Exactly right. With no meaningful spending reductions, all the Tax talk, 2%, middle-class crap means nothing. Just a giant smokescreen.
Put this in perspective.
The “Takers” don’t care, a large number of which voted to put Obama back in the WH. They don’t care because they don’t pay taxes anyway. Stupid single parent white women just want their free condoms to continue on with their “personal lives” and their “right to chose”.
Then there is the “Global Warmers” working, upper-middle class and taxpaying “useful idiot” Democrats, except the big-mount “raise my taxes” morons, will be up in arms and want to blame somebody.
There are also the in-between middle-class Democrat voters, who have lost full-time jobs, now reduced to less 30 hours per week by their employers to avoid the ObamaCare mandate. Some of these useful working poor actually pay taxes and will be even be more screwed. Be careful what you wish and vote for Jose.
Republicans WILL have to man-up and take the blame, but they can be clear and articulate that we have a spending problem, and this is the line in the sand.
As much as I dislike Boehner, he tried everything to cut a deal with Obama, but in the end it was clear Obama was laughing at him the whole time and didn’t want a deal anyway. Either way, Obama feels he can blame the Republicans for the cliff, even though he freakin’ OWNS it!
Republicans need to find a loud voice as the communist democrats are going to be LOUDLY going after Republicans for raising taxes on everybody to avoid increasing taxes on the rich - making everybody else pay because the rich don’t want to pay their “fair” share!
“With no meaningful spending reductions, all the Tax talk, 2%, middle-class crap means nothing.”
I totally agree. I think that continuously.
I tried unsuccessfully to learn specifically what will happen if the fiscal cliff legislation takes effect. That’s very important, as I hear that it’s not really a cliff but a slope but haven’t seen the specifics.
We’ve been led to believe that the fiscal cliff legislation (the Simpson Bowles recipe made into law?) is the disaster option. I’m not so sure. I would like to know the specific cutting and taxing and how they’re phased in.
I’m for letting the cliff happen and for Republicans having the courage to ignore today’s polls.