No more government - boo hoo!

[Fair&Balanced]

Originally Posted by TheMercenary

They haven't passed one since 2009, suddenly they acted like the one Obama put forward had substance. It did not.

The Demoncrats have conveniently ignored the responsibility this party’s deficit-spending binge has had in bringing this great country to the verge of insolvency. Nice try at Kabuki Theater.

Lets not rewrite history here.

Both parties have been deficit spenders. In the last 50 years, the worst were (in order) Reagan, GW Bush and GHW Bush. Obama will be right up there will these guys.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nationa...s_federal_debt

What both Reagan and GHW Bush recognized was that tax increases were necessary to offset the impact of their deficit spending, at least to some degree.

IMO, its unfortunate that the current Republican majority in the House is so unwilling to recognize that and spread the sacrifice.

Personally, I think they are misreading the mandate they got last year, primarily as a result of Independent voters swinging their way.

But those same Independents want compromise and shared sacrifice, not purely ideological cuts like many in the current budget resolution and their proposal for the future, including gutting Medicare completely.

I guess we'll see as the battle heats up over the FY 12 budget and beyond.

[Griff]

Originally Posted by Fair&Balanced

But those same Independents want compromise and shared sacrifice, not purely ideological cuts like many in the current budget resolution and their proposal for the future, including gutting Medicare completely.

Word. If you are putting the ax to Head Start, you'd better make it sting in bankerland as well.

[DanaC]

Originally Posted by Griff

Word. If you are putting the ax to Head Start, you'd better make it sting in bankerland as well.

This! This is what is also wrong with the British coalition Government cuts agenda. It's totally ideologuically driven. Right down to a disparity in the real scale of cuts being expected of council budgets in deprived areas and the significantly less painful cuts applied to councils in affluent, conservative areas.