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Originally Posted by spence
Jimmy, Reid is opposing the Boehner bill because after all this BS we've been through the past few months would require the country to go through it all over again with another vote very soon. It's highly unlikely that the country will balance the budget in just a few years time regardless of who's in charge.
This is stupid.
What does Reid propose to stop the stupid requiring of the country to go through it all over again. The country has gone through it 78 times since 1960 and the debt has continued to rise, even under the Clinton "surplus" years. So Reid says no to the the cut, cap, and balance proposal, but is there some other way to keep the country from going through it all over again? If we just tax the rich a little more and do the obligatory promise to cut spending in 10 years (which, of course will not happen and there is no way to force a future congress from spending--oh wait, a balanced budget amendment), that'll do it? Isn't it stupid to think that this or a future congress will have learned the lesson that overspending can lead to collapse if we keep raising the amount that lets them overspend?
So far, Reid has caved on tax increases and agreed to some substantial cuts with the promise of more cuts after the debt commission findings. This is called compromise...He and Boehner need to find some common ground...and a lot of Republicans would take something very close to Reid's plan...but the Tea Party is tripping everything up with their intolerant position by denying Boehner a vote.
Hint: they're the party of NO.
-spence
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Compromise is useful when the range (or spectrum) of possibilities is wide. There is little room for compromise when you are about to bleed to death. You must stop the bleeding. You can't stop a little bleeding and promise to stop the rest later. The continued flow will overcome the bit you "stopped" and further negotiation can only go so far. The process must end and the bleeding must be stopped, or the body will die. We've been turning the Federal tourniquet on and off now too long. The loss is at a critical point. Time to stop it.
Reid says NO.
The Tea Party says NO MORE BLEEDING.