I’m inclined to agree with Newt on this.
It is on again right now 1:15 am EST
Newt did say to cave short term to Dems to avoid an immediate crisis.
I’m tired of listening to Republicans negotiate against themselves. Wait to hear something from the executive branch about cuts, for crying out loud!
No Democrat wants to take responsibility for their own actions.
As then Spkr. Rep. Nancy Pelosi once said: “We have to pass Obama’care’ to see what is in it.”
And now Benghazi-Coward Obama’s Democrats are saying: ‘We have to go over Obama’s Fiscal Cliff to see how far we fall financially.’
If the GOP were any good, negotiation would be the correct course.
However, since the GOP is really the other wing of the “political elite” party the outcome of the political elites (socialists) negotiating with each other will be very bad. It will likely not include any meaningful spending cuts for fedgov.
So the best case scenario for the USA...is to go over the cliff.
Slash spending at all costs, because that is what is killing us.
Congress can then pass a sweeping tax reform bill, while leaving spending levels alone, at the new lower levels. The House of representatives would have complete control in this case, because tax bills must originate in the House of Representatives.
Does this involve the House to have a spine? Well-sort of, because the gutsy part requires inaction, and even a spine of jelly can perform inaction.
Given Newt’s statements about fiscal cliff, is fiscal cliff just another government-manufactured crisis like mortgage crisis?