I don’t play those games. My FICA withholding is going up again, which means less money in my pocket. That’s a tax increase. I don’t care if what preceded it was temporary or not. I can’t afford to look at it as anything but a net-effect on my family’s bottom line.
Still, I could swallow that a lot more easily if the Republican Party hadn’t abandoned the idea of trying to get any sort of spending cut in this bill. Instead, CBO scores it as adding to the deficit.
I know, GOP-E will tell me they’ll REALLY fight hard for cuts in the NEXT argument. Just you wait and see, they’ll say.
Let me just say I’ll believe that when I see it, because I haven’t seen it yet. They talk a good game and when the chips are down, they fold their hand. I’m sick of it.
I’m paying now. My grandchildren will pay when they’re born. The government will downsize ... well, never, if ‘leaders’ like John Boehner and Mitch McConnell still pull the strings of the so-called opposition party in Washington.
I completely agree that spending cuts are essential for the sake of future generations. It is immoral to spend the money now which we do not have and leave the debt to our children and grand children.
Now Obama got his tax increases in this FC bill. We know he won and we also know we lost seats in congress in 2012. We know democraps control 2 out of 3 power bases. But GOP still has majority in the House. If they do not fight for spending cuts during the debt limit fight, I will be jumping in the same fox hole as you.