Posted on 03/12/2010 2:02:36 PM PST by icwhatudo
Congressional Republicans named six conservative opponents of tax increases to President Obama's debt commission Friday, and the panel now only awaits House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's picks before it can get started.
The panel's recommendations, which are not binding on Congress, are due by Dec. 1.
Republicans named Sens. Judd Gregg of New Hampshire, Mike Crapo of Idaho and Tom Coburn of Oklahoma, and Reps. Dave Camp of Michigan, Paul Ryan of Wisconsin and Jeb Hensarling of Texas to serve on the 18-member commission, and several of them said they would push for spending cuts rather than tax increases to try to bring the country's finances into balance.
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Six out of eighteen members are Republicans and twelve are Democrats? Wow! I can see how this is shaping up. Talk about stacking the deck...
Glad to see Paul Ryan there. Not that the stacked membership number will make it matter...
The Republicans are missing a simple and huge campaign point. Obama is spending 1 trillion dollars a year for the “Stimulus.” For ten years. Why isn’t “Repeal the Stimulus” their main campaign plank. That would knock off a huge chunk of the deficit. Plus, the rats inserted all sorts of pernicious stuff in the stimulus bill besides spending. Those could be repealed too.
Instead, they are joining bipartisan panels that will recommend 0.05% cuts and that we eliminate waste and fraud. Anyone interested in controlling the deficit will start with repealing the stimulus. Then we can get to work doing real budget cutting.
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