Jul 15 2011
The GOP Has A Spine! And Obama Gets A Financial Straight Jacket
Yes. As I suggested (see here and here) the best way to handle this debt crisis is to do it in stages, forcing the Dems to make foolish stances and accept incremental changes that leads the nation in a direction away from Obama’s economic abyss:
House Republicans said Friday that they planned to vote next week on a proposal to raise the debt ceiling by $2.4 trillion, with matching cuts and guidelines to control future government spending.
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R., Va.) said at a news conference Friday that the House next week would vote on a “cut, cap and balance” approach. The House plans to separately vote on a measure that would amend the U.S. Constitution to require the federal government to balance its budget.
Each time we approach a new limit, the GOP extracts more from the Dems – all the way to the 2012 election cycle.
Keep the spine, GOP!
This 18 month extension being talked about takes into Jan 2013 past the 2012 election.
I fear the Repugs have not the spine to fight this fight prior to the election and both sides will deem it a distraction and blow about the deficit but refuse to adress it.
Hell some of the Repug Presidential players refuse to take a stand or offer solutions now showing their cowardly, voting present, ways.
I want to see over how many years this 2.5 trillion in cuts is spread. OBlaBLahs plan was 4 trillion over 12 and should be laughed at and not even treated seriously.
We are running up debt at the rate of 1.5 trillion a year.
Cutiing 4 trillion over 12 is .333333 per year.
1.5 Trillion – .3333333 trillion = 1.17 TRILLION defecit per year.
UNSUSTAINABLE THAT IS NO CUT.
The balanced budget amendment I have heard about balances the budget in 2020. Give OBLahBlah or whoever is next a fresh credit card for 9 years.
We need someone serious about cutting the budget.
Sarah we need ya. Sell the trappings of the Hienas on Ebay and return DC to We The People or we will be sold into socialist slavery, by both parties.
Our country is in a financial straightjacket. This is our last real chance to limit our government from taking over.
(I expect that if President Obama had his way, our 401K’s would become property of our government)
http://www.redstate.com/erick/2011/07/17/why-is-john-boehner-letting-house-republicans-be-mitch-mcconnells-toy/
So the spine is made of Jello!
Boehner is a disaster and as I have said from the beginning the man has not the emotional maturity to stand up to anyone let alone the Marxists and their Presstitutes.
Giving the Commander In Chief additional powers that are to reside with the House is NOT a good idea. This White House is corrupt and repeatedly Lies to the People and as such their power should be under all out attack NOT added to.
Reminiscent of the last budget deal where we were told one thing 100 Billion and ended up with about 30 MILLION in “cuts.
I am going to change my registration to independent, the Repugs are taking us on the slow train to statism and the Dems are on a bullet train. The Repugs are too ignorant, lazy or consumed with their own power to stop this leftward march that will enslave us all to Big Government.
If you haven’t seen “The Undefeated” watch it .
YOU will be forever changed and there in may lie our last chance.