Posted on 11/07/2012 8:00:24 AM PST by tobyhill
Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) will deliver a statement Wednesday afternoon on the need for both Republicans and Democrats to find some agreement to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff — a combination of tax hikes and spending cuts that are scheduled for 2013.
Boehner's office said he would call on both sides to seek "common ground" to help the economy and create jobs, which in turn would help reduce the national debt.
Boehner is scheduled to speak at 3:30 p.m. in the Capitol. He'll speak just hours after Republicans maintained their hold on the House of Representatives.
Leaders from both parties have expressed optimism that finding cooperation on the fiscal cliff would be somewhat easier post-election. But Tuesday's vote essentially cemented in place the federal government that has wrangled over these issues for the past two year and failed to find common ground.
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Its over... were done..common ground means we will cave...no fight left at all
More of the same...F the GOP.
The quicker this thing fails, the quicker we get to rebuild it.
They’ve got something on this empty suit.
Weepy Boehner needs to just crawl away. The “Gone Old Party” is done. Please, someone, stick a fork in it.
Yeah, Boner, it’s not like you are a big part of there problem or anything/sarc
Many believe in doctor assisted suicide. That when someone is suffering so horribly with no chance of recovery that it’s better to let them die suddenly then linger.
Their thinking won last night.
Let it crash.
John-Boy needs a flood of calls reminding him that he still has his cushy gig as Speaker because we DO NOT WANT COMPROMISE.
Let’s work those phones, people.
When we won in 2010 and the House kept every, single GOP-E leader in power I knew that nothing would change.
Boehner should be gone after last night. Period.
Smart move. Openly support compromise while not compromising. Gingrich made the mistake of starting a verbal war and the media made him into Lord Voldemort.
We are willing to compromise with the President as long as he agrees to what we want. That’s how Obama does it.
I recommend “Automated Continuing Resolutions” Then our fearless President will merely press a button on his desk to order another trillion in ‘funny’ money.
This will remove a great deal of pressure from the Speaker, a good but weepy man.
Yep. When the Pubbies compromise, it always ends up costing taxpayers more money. I'm done with it all. This was the last election I'll ever vote in. They can all go f*ck themselves for all I care.
This country voted for that cliff - give it to them.
Nah, it's just in his nature. He's from the Bob Michel line of Republicans.
We need to ditch the Republicans and either follow the TEAparty, or come up with another TEAparty-like party that can gain a large following.
We need to ditch the Republicans and either follow the TEAparty, or come up with another TEAparty-like party that can gain a large following.
So much for the Tea Party guys we sent up there holding their ground and putting an end to this stuff. All the republicans griping about Romney need to be willing to admit that little reality.
I say shut the government down.
Remember, They are always conservative until they get elected. But sitting by and letting extreme liberals run with it by not showing up to polls is worse.
oh how nice... we hear from Boehner - too bad he couldn’t deliver his own state
The Republican House has “more flexibility now that the election is over”.
Speaking of crash. I see FR is back to its old slow self. Must be the hamsters quit once they realized their savior was reelected and they'd be taken care of for free.
1. Do nothing and let the country fall off the "fiscal cliff." And each and every day, come out and say that the President and the Senate won't cooperate.
2. Just pass a bill giving Obama the authority to borrow 500 trillion dollars. Let's just get it over with and pick up the pieces later.
STFU Boehner!!! Worthless POS!
Agreed.
Let the whole thing burn to the ground and let the survivors attempt to start over and hopefully create a more viable system.
Taxes will go up for working Americans not just the rich. Could be as high (in the first year) as four to five thousand dollars for each family. This will be the middle class burden in taxes. The rich will suffer too and the net effect will be many more less jobs. A nation cannot survive on unemployment, welfare, and free zer0 phones. If our nation comes out of this mess, and that is a big if, without collapse no matter the course taken, I will come here first to proclaim I was wrong.
This bus is going over a cliff no matter what we do. The only thing we can do is to make sure it takes as many Dems with it as it can.
I know there is no fight left in me, I am tired of fighting both sides of the aisle. Let the whole dam thing crash and burn around them.
I.
Don’t.
Care.
Anymore.
Defund everything.
Problem solved.
What a bunch of gutless cowards.
If anyone here is in a blue state, county, or city... look to move ASAP. Because when that cliff happens they’ll be looking towards those who work and earn money to pay for their plans. If you’re a Republican in the New England states, then you’d be insane to stick around. Liberal economic policies coupled with liberal crime policy will leave you robbed on both ends.
I am meeting with my financial adviser next week and would appreciate any constructive suggestions you all might have. I have read everything from buying gold to buying bullets, planting gardens to finding an island somewhere to hide out on. What I am looking for is some reasonable way to preserve what I have worked a lifetime to acquire and pass on to my progeny, without having to pull out all the roots and head for the hills (although I know it may come down to that).
Indeed. They want a crash, give ‘em the crash.
It won’t help if Boner “works with the president” to “try to avert the fiscal cliff”.
The crash will happen, regardless, because the political will to do what is necessary to avoid the crash simply does not exist.
“Conductor! The train’s heading for a cliff! Should we apply the brakes?”
“That will make everyone really uncomfortable in the passenger cars. Better ask them, first.”
“They said ‘no’ to the brakes.”
“OK, full speed ahead!”
In addition, any Republican who can retire should do so immediately, any in the military should leave as fast as possible, any underwater on their mortgages should walk away, and any facing bankruptcy should go ahead and file.
We'll see how many obamaphones can be purchased then.
In some ways I wish they had the house as well so that it is all their fault and they have no room to blame-shift. If we are going down anyway, I hope it is searingly clear like a branding iron who took us there.
I liked this advice from Jonty30;
As somebody said, skills are worth more than gold. You can trade skills more easily and they are far more portable than gold or anything else.
Your wealth should be tied up in things you can use, like clothes, food, tools. Having it tied in some sort of financial arrangement, whether it be bonds or gold or whatever, is not as valuable if nobody is buying.
So is there some movement afoot about making the “T.E.A.” party groups around the country into a viable political party? The Republican party has proven to be be highly unreliable, and in fact perfidious to the extreme.
And there is no possibility of forming any kind of alliance with the other major political party in this country. That is a bridge burned long ago.
This may involve active participation in creating a new country in the “flyover country” that lies between the northeast corridor and the Left Coast. Our founding documents should include both the original Declaration of Independence with very little revision, and a slightly revised Constitution based largely on the original, but without references to any human as “three-fifths” of a person. “Life, Liberty and Property ownership” would substitute for the “Pursuit of Happiness”, which was code word for property ownership, but without declaring the ownership of “three-fifths” of another human being. The Bill of Rights would be written into the body of the Constitution, and each of the succeeding admendments would be considered on their own merits, some of which are moot, and others of which would be adopted into the text of the updated Constitution.
What a joke. If democrats could compromise we wouldn’t have this mess.
That al sounds like a good start to me.
:: a combination of tax hikes and spending cuts that are scheduled for 2013. ::
No! Obamugabe’s fiscal policies are unAmerican and grid-lock should prevail. A government that funds a national economy funds itself (churns its own equity)!
Let it all come crashing down on Obamugabe’s watch; that’s an election strategy.
Well, don’t invite ANYONE from New England to help build it!
The enemy is Obama.
If he doesn't compromise with the enemy, then he and that "Tea Party" house will be made the scapegoats sending the nation over the fiscal cliff and chances are he will lose the house albeit honorably fighting the enemy to his political death.
If he compromises, then he will get NO CREDIT from anyone and go down dishonorably because those who have supported the Republican cause have no enthusiasm for those who have made concessions to the enemy.
Its up to you Johnny boy to write your own political epitaph, your lost the house fighting honorably or you lost the house by appeasing the common enemy.
“The utter contempt I feel for 50% of this country is palpable. I am willing to suffer to watch them feel the pain they have wrought on this country.”
You read my mind! How did you do that?
Let it crash. It’s time for a big dose of reality for these idiots who voted for this guy.
Hey-—I’m a Texan—I don’t even know anyone in New England—LOL!
Personally, I think it’s time to close all Texas borders, kick all the liberals out, and form our own country. Legend says we can do this—but it make take some doing....
You broke it, you bought it.
Burn, baby, burn.
If Boehner wants to cave then he should step aside and allow someone else to
take command for the rough seas ahead. Boehner was Drunk again last night BTW,
and also Drunk at the convention, plastered DRUNK!!!
Hey Boehner, Compromise works both ways you Drunk POS, and if you go with the Democrats
there will be no difference and no more reason for voters to Vote Republican.
Pass 20 bills a week and put them up on the INTERNET. Ever heard of that Boehner, the INTERNET?
Or are you to slobbering drunk to pay attention due to your cushy job.
nothing but a bunch of gutless weasels in 3 piece suits. presumptuous, pandering and par for the course.. it’s why O has so much sway on The Hill., they relate well..
Stick your common ground where the sun don’t shine Boehner!!! Damn it!!!...When will you idiots learn???
A terrible foreboding warning to Boehner, all Republicans, and America. True, though!
Obama & company = Fiscal cliff
The sheep have voted.
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