The "grand bargain" deficit reduction is dead... (Harry Reid, Reid, Obama)
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Shared sacrifice is one of those rhetoric terms.... like "taxing the rich" when it isn't the "rich" that they are trying to tax... but it makes for good "rhetoric" talk to make the liberals love the democrats even more...
In response, White House Communications Director Dan Pfeiffer said: "We cannot ask the middle-class and seniors to bear all the burden of higher costs and budget cuts. We need a balanced approach that asks the very wealthiest and special interests to pay their fair share as well. Both parties have made real progress thus far, and to back off now will not only fail to solve our fiscal challenge, it will confirm the cynicism people have about politics in Washington."
So typical, that's all they have left now. They can't say that what they're doing is working, just this demagoguery BS.
Why not be truthful and include Libya and Yemen too?
But but but those are humanitarian actions (or kinetic military action)! Libya must accept humanitarian aid or else.
Next thing you know, the U.S. blows up a nuke in the atmosphere and Bammers would say lol no that's just a dishwasher that blew up and the liberals will eat it up and take it as gospel
Boehner caves in to Tea Party- no dice on 4 trillion
Boehner had an historic opportunity to strike a reasonable deal with Obama, that would have averted the debt ceiling "crisis", and reduced the national debt over the next ten years by four trillion dollars.
But since the deal involved spending cuts and tax increases, like virtually every credible economist says it must, Boehner chickened out.
Guess his main priority isn't solving the nation's problems, it's keeping Cantor from muscling him out of his Speakership.
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