Posted on 11/30/2012 6:18:32 AM PST by NOBO2012
I see the fiscal cliff has given us an opportunity to return to Big Guys WINNING! negotiation strategy that I call the How about you give me your new car for my old shoes? scuffle. For some reason its been working for him for a long time.
Portrait of a young man with an old sole and a big plan
Maybe its because those old shoes always come in handy for kicking the can down the road.
Assuming there is a road at the end I mean.
Danger: road may end at the cliffs edge
(Snip)Charles Krauthammer explains how Big Guys 2% solution of higher taxes, more stimulus spending and no entitlement cuts might work:
(snip)Republicans must stop acting like supplicants. If Obama so loves those Clinton rates, Republicans should say: Then go over the cliff and have them all.
And add: But if you want a grand bargain, then deal. If we give way on taxes, we want, in return, serious discretionary cuts, clearly spelled-out entitlement cuts and real tax reform.
Otherwise, strap on your parachute, Mr. President. Well ride down together.
So, from where I sit it looks safe to say were still firmly entrenched in Wonderland; hijinks ensue.
If you drink much from a bottle marked 'poison' it is certain to disagree with you sooner or later.
I think the operative term here is later.
I guess well just have to wait
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(Excerpt) Read more at michellesmirror.com ...
additionally, I would think this prez, will just issue a tax cut to the middle class, by Presidential decree, for each year he remains office.
rules and law don’t mean a damn thing to these people. when is the last time the Senate produced a budget, which by law is what they are supposed to do ?
we are going to see him usurp power, in increasing amounts.. he’ll completely bypass congress and just issue orders. watch....
the press will go along with it, because after all, like Lincoln in the Speilberg movie, it’s for the common good.. the ends justify the means, when a king has good motives.
One option may be to schedule more frequent votes on raising the debt limit, say every 3 to 6 months.
If the magic, agreed to spending cuts have not occured in each period, then no debt limit increase.
It’s about the only leverage the GOP house has...
And (a) This also extends throughout the Muslim sphere (b) Barry was exposed to the Muslim sphere in his adopted years therefore he knows it.
I believe Obama will honor his word to make serious and thoughtful cuts the second Tuesday of next week.
See my earlier post. Taxes go into the US Code and “spending cuts” into the ephemeral annual budget, no mechanism to make them happen in a later budget.
I think that your documentation project is worthy, looking at the budget bill for a given year might work if you also slogged through the Congressional Record of debates on the budget. http://thomas.loc.gov will find you the bills and a link to CongRec. To the US Code as well, I think.
(From another Freeper)
A good summary, but there is a lot left out...I won’t bother to write it, since you already know it.
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