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Apparently you did not watch 60 minutes last night or you would have known that it was doomed to fail because of the "pledge" made by half of the committee (republicans) 18 years ago not to raise taxes in any way or form or risk losing your position. This is called the "Norquist pledge" and it only proves how entrenched that the republican party is in with the corperations and extremely wealthy citizens of this country....damn the rest of us
I like the fact that you would like Obama to solve the problem via executive order. However................
Face it, if Obama came up with ideas of his own, the right would be calling him a dictator.
If six people can't agree, how would you expect the entire congress to pass a budget?
You assume too much. No one is asking Obama to dictate anything .We are asking for him to be a leader. That is, to lead by getting involved with the Congress and coming to an agreement. That id how our gov't is supposed to work.
If you don't don't know the difference I feel sorry for you.
Failure of the supercommittee is good. Come 2013, the Bush tax-cuts will expire instead of what the GOP members insisting on -- making the Bush tax cuts permanent.
yep cut EVERY department of the federal government by 20%...and we would all be happy
"Obama's new plan doesn't name programs or services to be cut, but calls for a reduction of more than $1 trillion in non-security spending over 12 years. "
That may be true to a certain extent, but there is no way anyone with a rational mind can say that taxes should not be increased under no circumstances based on an economy 18 years ago Spending needs to be controlled but how is it that the gap between those who have alot and those that have very little is increasing constantly? Because of the "blackmail tactics" of this pledge it leaves the super committee in a deadlock and therefore nothing will get done. The wealthy will not get their tax breaks which is something that they had for the last ten years but they will not lose anything either. The poor and middleclass will bare the brunt because taxes will have to be raised irregardless of the spending. What people do not understand is that, true spending has to be curtailed but that is where the arguement comes in at. What programs at what cost? That will depend upon the clout of that lobbyist of that program. We all know that the poor and middleclass has no lobby so guess who will foot the bill?
yep cut EVERY department of the federal government by 20%...and we would all be happy
Would'nt that depend on if you are a government worker (more work, less help) or someone receiving government assistance (less help, more headaches). I guess everything is peachy-keen if you don't need anything from the government (which I doubt) but if you say so
No I want him in Gitmo with Corzine and the rest of his Comrades...
Ok, now what about those republicans that pledged not to raise taxes under any circumstances? Would'nt that be considered to be a treasonable act since they are looking out for their own best interest damn the country? The Pledge: Grover Norquist's hold on the GOP
Would'nt that depend on if you are a government worker (more work, less help) or someone receiving government assistance (less help, more headaches). I guess everything is peachy-keen if you don't need anything from the government (which I doubt) but if you say so
I don't think you would ever know the difference if 20% was cut, there are poeple in the government that are paid to watch people that are paid to watch people...
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