We’ll be screwed if the fiscal cliff is gone over. Polls make it clear that our side will disproportionately be blamed. Coburn is right.
Like many, I really just don’t care. Nothing will be solved with a deal or without. Our side has proved to be an absolute failure in the past 18 months in this discussion, as the entire discussion is about ‘more revenue’. We had a solid majority opinion on spending before the debt deal of last year, and now, there is no discussion of spending cuts and a losing debate on ‘more revenue’. I give up. If this deal stinks, I am off to a new party.
He has long been advocating a balanced approach to reducing the national debt and the deficit and it is worth mentioning that Coburn’s approach is much more balanced than the proposals President Obama and the liberal Democrats have put forth.
Why does he attempt to make the case using the democrat talking point “balanced approach”?
More importantly for the first time in my recollection, Senator Coburn makes the case for increased revenue. My opinion has always been there is more revenue poorly used than the house and Senate should ever have.
The bottom line makes since as well, NO tax increase without immediate spending cuts, and real ones not fake ones.
Here we go again _
Lucy = Dems
Charlie Brown = Washington Repubs
Spending cuts = the latest football
The voters selected the Republicans to run the House of Representatives, where fiscal issues originate. The voters want fiscal responsibility.
Coburn is ceding this very important power to the democrats.
I never thought I'd say it, but Coburn is an idiot.
The public has already pre-positioned the GOP for the blame for ANYTHING that negatively affects them, even if the GOP caves and gives Obama what he wants. It's a classic no-win situation.
Stupid comment, Coburn. So, you "have to" say, screw doing the right thing and... because we "have to," just give your friend Obama what he wants.
Just bend over there senore’ boehner,
Traitor and Coward Coburn File.
Yeah tom ya rino jerk,
Raise taxes once again in your career ya butt head.
Repubs will be blamed whether they do or don't tax the successful. When has raising taxes ever helped an economy?
Why surrender? Pubs have no courage.
If you think Conservatives weren’t motivated to turn out in 2012, just wait and see what happens if the Pubbies do THIS.
I’m afraid we are gonna be living in Socialist Democrat America for a very, very long time.
I could picture them sitting around the board room:
"We're losing money this year. We need to raise revenue what do you think we should do?"
"Let's raise prices 15%."
"Great, that will increase revenue by 15%. Why didn't we think of this sooner"
"Raises for everybody. Take the next month off."
Idiots.
Everything the Kenyan has done to trash the economy and collapse America so far has been blamed on the GOOBers. Why would this be any different. The GOP needs to stop worrying about what the ObamaZombies are telling the “pollsters” about them. They’ll never vote for a Republican anyway. Like a bunch of garbage dump bears, they want handouts and freebies. They’ll be sticking with the commie ‘RATS no matter what the GOP does.
Fact: It’s inevitable all Americans will face an increase to their income tax rates with or without passing the bill.
Obama&Co own the problem.
Balanced? This is the same silly agreement the Republicans have made before. The word 'then' implies taxes first, cut later, and the cuts never appear.
The budget jumped up $1T/year the last year of GWB, and has been kept there. Cut that first, and then the Republicans can talk about changing the tax profile.
The purpose of the demanded tax increase isn't to raise revenue, but to kill the private sector, and to force the Republicans into saying that it's the right thing to do.
Boehner and company might figure out that the game in DC is no longer patty-cake, but I fear it will be too late.