There can be sensible cuts, but when the GOP agreed to allow the Democrats to take 50% from the military when it is approximately 18% of the budget was irresponsible. Moreover, the military is the only Federal agency that has already endured real, actual cuts in spending. The ONLY agency to already do so.
But even if we implemented all of the sequestration cuts right now, it would not stop the bleeding.
We are hemorrhaging as a nation because of entitlements.
They MUST be reformed.
In an attemt to get us over the century mark...comment on RG3 being kept in game way past his ability to play on badly injurted knee. Sad abuse of a great player. Shanahan said (in prior game) Don’t look at me, Doctors cleared him. Doctor says, Not true, I did not even see the kid or his injury.
I hope ESPN is happy that theior “cornball brother” went down.
What a nest of vipers (ESPN that is).
That mistake was made in April 2011. Boehner was outsmarted again by the WH. The idea was that neither party wanted the cuts as outlined. Rather, it was supposed to force them into a deal. So far, it has not happened. That said, I bet that they come up with a deal and it won't be a good one in terms of debt and deficits. Both parties don't want any real cuts.
Yes, entitlement reform, especially Medicare is absolutely necessary. But now we have added another huge entitlement program, Obamacare, that will make things worse. Obamacare is going to cost much more than the projections. When the CBO scored the bill, it included the $716 billion from Medicare, but this latest deal again includes the doc fix, which means the reductions CBO scored will not occur.