“Boehner needs to get his freshmen in line and pass a $1.5 trillion in cuts for $1.5 trillion in debt ceiling increase. It sucks, I know, but it is the only way to put 0bama on the spot and make him feel and look like the loser.”
—Yep, I’m with you.
And the *only* way I’d be willing to consider a $2.4T hike in exchange for $1.5 T in cuts in a one-shot deal is if there was something substantial thrown in there that is satisfactory to us. Otherwise, what’s the point in forfeiting nearly Trillion dollars in bargaining power for nothing?
Why raise the debt limit if you get 1.5 trillion in what a man on the stree would call cuts? Why would further debt be necessary if they passed a budget for this year, based on 2004 levels, and attached a rider that the difference already sent to the different departments must be returned by August 2?