You are right, of course and you are also wasting your breath. This place has turned into a haven of the blind and stupid. Full of people who simply cannot get past the “I want it ALL or the nation be damned”.
If Boehner can pass ANYTHING which cuts any spending and limits the debt ceiling increase to LESS then the spending cuts it is a win and a starting place.
Think about the Muni Unions who have gone from paying ZERO toward benefits to now paying something. Small steps yes they are. But it is a beginning and you can BET the next contract will have them paying even more.
It has taken 65 YEARS to get us here and it will not be undone in 1 legislative vote, especially when the opposition controls 2/3 of the process.
Pull you heads out of your asses and stop acting like crybaby liberals.
“If Boehner can pass ANYTHING which cuts any spending and limits the debt ceiling increase to LESS then the spending cuts it is a win and a starting place.”
But he can’t and isn’t. Do you not know that HE CANNOT BIND A FUTURE CONGRESS?????
The cuts in the future are MEANINGLESS. He can’t enforce it. Smoke and Mirrors.
So either you are clueless or you really know it and are pretending Boehner’s plan is something it is not.
Did you check out the post just above yours?
It’s a good example of why I worry for our future.
On the other hand, I realize that it only takes a few cicadas to make a whole lot of racket. And they are not good for much else.
Boehner has never even proposed such a bill. What he has proposed is that we increase the deficit by trillions with a promise that the Democrats will reduce the rate of increase in the deficit sometime in the future. You would have to be a complete fool, or in cahoots with the Democrats to accept this.
If Boehner proposed increases in the debt limit that matched actual cuts in spending, calculated every year, conservatives would support him. You want the debt limit raised 300 billion for 2012, cut spending 300 billion for 2012. If you want an additional increase in the debt limit of 500 billion for 2013, first you would have to cut spending in 2013 by 500 billion. This is what matching debt limit increases with cuts in spending means. What the crybaby has proposed is 6 billion in cuts and trillions in additional deficit spending. He is as conservative as Reid and Pelosi, that's why their proposals are similar. He's a disgrace!