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To: gwjack

Any cuts past this year are meaningless. Does anyone care what Congress agreed to do in 2001?


25 posted on 07/18/2011 1:56:58 PM PDT by Da Bilge Troll (Defeatism is not a winning strategy!)
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To: Da Bilge Troll
Any cuts past this year are meaningless.

Bingo. You nailed it. Congress cannot control future Congresses. It's a rule. Only a Constitutional Amendment can bind future Congresses. Anything short of that is a "Pledge," which is just another brand of furniture polish.

39 posted on 07/18/2011 2:37:56 PM PDT by Cyber Liberty (Oh, well, any excuse to buy a new gun is good enough for me.)
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To: Da Bilge Troll
Does anyone care what Congress agreed to do in 2001?

gives them cover and someone else to blame while kicking the can down the road.

47 posted on 07/18/2011 3:00:10 PM PDT by WOBBLY BOB ( "I don't want the majority if we don't stand for something"- Jim Demint)
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