Tit for tat. The House Republicans decided to use this tactic to force their agenda, if you think that was ok then you have nothing to complain about if the Democrats do the same.
Do you think what the House Republicans did was acceptable ?
More spending isn't going to fix the problem, there needs to be serious cuts to spending to fix the economy.
we take in 200 billion per month in taxes and spend 300 billion. something needs to change.
We're too big to fail!
Are we playing chicken with government dependents?
Last I checked, we grew our government so large that the majority are recipients, and an even greater number depend on the government's economic activity just to be employed.
We're talking about an issue where the livelihood of a super majority is at stake.
Soon as people feel the pain, a surrender for a clean CR will be demanded by virtually everyone. This is an untenable position and one should never approach it unless they mean it. Unless you have a solid and concrete plan to fight for what would essentially be a revolution. It would take something enormous to come out of this with anything other than an absolute loss.
I don't think I'm witnessing such a monumental shift in this country. I don't feel it. Some conservatives want to take a stand and draw a line in the sand, but they're too stupid to recognize the facts. To see that, on a national level, they already lost.
Anyone want to bet on that?
Yup, Jask the libertarian looks like a Democrat asking for handouts to a wingnut such as yourself.I'll take the bet. My bet is that you are one of the entitlement crowd who thinks this way, as demonstrated by your post.
I'll take the bet. My bet is that you are one of the entitlement crowd who thinks this way, as demonstrated by your post.
You would be wrong. Consider our unfunded future liabilities and it far exceeds our national debt.
we take in 200 billion per month in taxes and spend 300 billion. something needs to change.
People who try to use the future 'unfunded liabilities' of the US are talking out of their ass.
The people that talk about medicare future costs are not talking out of their ass. No one in govt has ever proven they will change medicare in any way that substantially lowers its cost long term. The cost of medicare going forward is the single biggest budget issue that needs to be addressed. However medicare is the third rail and with the number of voters that rely on it, the issue likely isn't one to ever get fixed until it is to late. As even the seniors that are rah rah tea partiers do not want medicare to be touched.
a drunks solution to a hangover..more booze.
It's difficult to do so when the Dem's keep moving the goalposts.
Like living within our means? The Liberals will not stand for that concept.....ever, making this a forever problem, if we keep letting them have their way.
I didn't hear you guys screaming when Reagan then Bush cut taxes to there current historically low rates without cutting spending to match
Then astronomically increasing spending with two unfunded wars and the big pharma give away that is Medicare part D. And continually creating more and more tax breaks and handouts to large corporations.
But to you guys its always a spending problem. While billionaires like Warren Buffet pay a lower effective tax rate than there secretaries.
Damn I'm glad the GOP is self destructing and being eaten from the inside by their tea party spawn. If it takes a full 8yrs of totally ineffectual government and several self made financial disasters to complete their destruction it will have been worth the end result.
The people that talk about medicare future costs are not talking out of their ass. No one in govt has ever proven they will change medicare in any way that substantially lowers its cost long term. The cost of medicare going forward is the single biggest budget issue that needs to be addressed. However medicare is the third rail and with the number of voters that rely on it, the issue likely isn't one to ever get fixed until it is to late. As even the seniors that are rah rah tea partiers do not want medicare to be touched.
Yes they have. Medicare funding has been reformed in the past and will be again.
There's really no big problem with government or entitlements.
What the big problem is, is the Republican party is letting their wackjobs run things, the ones who don't want to fix Medicare or anything for that matter, they want to do away with everything except defense.
Well, that isn't what the country wants or needs. But their keeping the sensible people from dealing with issues that would otherwise be easy to fix.
The only real difficulty is healthcare spending, and not just government healthcare spending, but the whole thing.
Obamacare is a first step in trying to reform that, and you can see how difficult it is to even attempt a fix; there's way too much money to spread around trying to stop any reform.