To those who say Michele Bachmann is “talking out of both sides of her mouth,” that she is “being a legislator not a leader,” and that she is “compromising,” I say you’re not seeing the big picture.
Her strategy is different. She doesn’t think THIS is “a hill on which to die.” Why? Because The Republicans are insisting on $61 billion of cuts, and the Democrats say no more than $33 billion. What’s the difference? The Republican plan would mean our annual deficit is 4/10’s of ONE PERCENT LESS of the total Gross Domestic Product for the YEAR. .04%!
Bachmann is making the point that about $28 billion for what’s left of this budget year is CHUMP CHANGE compared to the BIG PRIZE — NEXT YEAR’S budget, when we can REALLY go after the big changes like ObamaCare. THAT, Michele says, is “the hill on which to die.” THAT is where we can literally save HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS next year, and TRILLIONS over the next 5-10 years.
Now, one might disagree with her strategy — but she isn’t compromising. I think she makes some valid points. Frankly, I don’t think it will matter whether the stand is made here, or with next years budget. Either way, the outcome will be the same, one way or the other. But Michele has GOOD REASON and VALID arguments to make the case she’s making. She’s one of the GOOD GUYS (er, gals? :-D ) — let’s NOT forget it.
Is the strategy that Ms Bachmann is proposing the same thing this group of Republicans ran on? I’m not so sure.
perhaps, but if we can’t even get 28B this year, what does that say about our chances of getting 180B next year? It doesn’t fill me with confidence.