Not an Awful Deal (if you like Marxism)

American Spectator ^ | Quin Hillyer

[US Navy Vet]

Even MORE RINO/GOP-e ASS Sucking, indianrightwinger?

[kjam22]

It was an unnecessary deal. And worse than that, we had an opportunity to “do the right thing”... but our rep leaders failed us.

[major-pelham]

RightWinger ?

[JRandomFreeper]

Shill.

/johnny

[fortheDeclaration]

Here’s the biggest advantage to buying these extra two months: Obama’s approval ratings can and almost certainly will go down. Why? Try a trillion dollars (ten-year numbers) in new tax hikes as part of ObamaCare that just kicked in ten hours ago. Conservatives will have two months now to highlight these and other parts of ObamaCare that should prove tremendously unpopular, and to lay the blame entirely on Obama and the Dems who voted for this monstrosity. Plus, there are all sorts of communications strategies and tactics that conservatives now have time to prepare and implement that weren’t necessarily available to them in the past seven weeks. (Memo to leadership press: Call me or others for ideas!)

Never going to happen!

[Rapscallion]

What both political parties are doing is a crime against America and American taxpayers!

[Typical_Whitey]

I love the optimism but truly the only way this is a good deal is if it forces the Rats to cut spending in the negotiations on the debt ceiling or the coming budgets...

1. It is bipartisan
2. How possibly can Obama go back to saying the rich need to pay their fair share when he agreed that this is now the fair share.
3. This tiny bit of revenue does nothing to stop the trillion dollar deficits.

Now is the time for Republicans to gather their forces and go on the attack for serious spending reductions. Force the rats to address the debt and call them lockstep Marxists that are destroying the economy for everyone because they cannot work across the aisle to end the massive spending and entitlement mentality that is destroying America...

[JRandomFreeper]

There is a group of GOP shills running around FR, trying to justify caving to the socialists.

/johnny

[Arm_Bears]

Differential taxation based on income level is a Marxist concept, period.

I really used to like The American Spectator, but they have supped of the GOP-e Kool-Aid of late, and are no longer on my preferred reading list.

[chiller]

As I hoped, indianrightwinger, House Pubbies seem to be holding firm. Even Cantor says he can't support it.

It's a better deal than I expected McConnell to get on the Senate side so I half expected House Pubbies to go for it. I'm encouraged, they're standing up sooner than expected. There was always the worry they'd act tough, but fold when it came to debt limit battles.

The House may well have enough Dems + R's to pass however, and this may just be a TP saving vote, knowing it'll pass the house without Pubbie support.

[Jim Robinson]

Marxism is never a good deal (for anyone).

Cut the frickin’ spending already!!

[BitWielder1]

It happened exactly as I expected.
In order to do "something", republicans caved and agreed on tax hikes now, in return for spending cuts "later", but those cuts will never materialize.
The Government saves its economy by digging deeper into the pockets of America's economy.

[chiller]

Correct....this is politics. As Hillyer notes, it does very little to cut spending, so the real battle will likely be the CR and debt limit. Entitlement spending.

[ColdOne]

giving in to the enemy that is trying to destroy you is always awful.

[jazusamo]

The (if you like Marxism) is tremendously more descriptive than (Amen).

[TADSLOS]

You would have fit right in at Jonestown, filling cups of koolaid and encouraging the gullible to drink it.

[whitedog57]

Boehner and Repubs balk at Senate’s Fiscal Fiasco Bill!

http://confoundedinterest.wordpress.com/2013/01/01/fiscal-abyss-bill-passes-senate-barely-touches-the-trillion-dollar-deficit/

[SERKIT]

The cheese has slipped off of the American Spectator’s plate.

[upchuck]

Please get to know the <p>. Thanks.