[Clairity]

Another good article by Mark Steyn.

The Dems only have slogans, no solutions. In fact all they know is how to make things worse, destroy the country, as we know it, and they have the unmitigated gall to try to blame the Republicans.

[originalbuckeye]

Bookmark for later.

[Travis McGee]

[RightGeek]

Most pertinent line: "As Arthur Herman of the American Enterprise Institute pointed out this week, under present rules, if the government were to announce a spending freeze – that's to say, no increases, no cuts, everything just stays exactly the same – the Congressional Budget Office would score it as a $9 trillion savings. In real-world terms, there are no "savings," and there's certainly no $9 trillion. In fact, there isn't one thin dime. But nevertheless that's how it would be measured at the CBO."

Hey, I just developed a $9 trillion deficit reduction plan!

[Chuzzlewit]

this man is brilliant. I fear for America. I don’t think we are going to get through the next 100 years. Thankfully I won’t be around to see it. And I feel sorry for my children’s children. This was once a great country.

[BobL]

“If the IMF is correct (a big if), China will be the planet’s No. 1 economy by 2016. That means whoever’s elected in November next year will be the last president of the United States to preside over the world’s dominant economic power.”

It took long enough, but the liberals are FINALLY achieving their goals. It’s a shame that we have helped them out so much along the way.

[geologist]

Anyone with a lick of sense knows this is the 'run away' path to total destruction. They (the elite progressive leaders) must believe they are going to be in the "Fortress of Solitude" with Superman, to keep them alive and well when America deconstructs completely; and America is divided into 2 states/nations or more and we are under total tyranny.

Cause that is the way this is progressing. NOW!

God help us be restored to our faith in Thee, LORD, in Jesus name amen.

[SERKIT]

The Dems only have slogans, no solutions.

I think the CBO is preparing to score the slogans, since that has been the only Democrat submission into the debate so far.

[beebuster2000]

MS so nails it !!

[MarDav]

“We’re trying to save life on this planet as we know it today.”

Who wants to save life as we know it TODAY? It’s a life of unfettered government overreach, regulation, taxes, dependency, restrictions instead of liberty. I, for one, want this life (Nancy’s “life as we know it today”) to disappear.

[Gene Eric]

Steyn ping

[RobRoy]

He does a good job of flaming Pelosi, but he’s really flaming the whole congress of right now as well as years past, both Republican and democrat.

And well he should.

[Gritty]

Steyn looks at the future, and it doesn’t look pretty for us.

[xzins]

The Democrat model of governance is to spend four trillion dollars while only collecting two trillion, borrowing the rest from tomorrow. Instead of "printing money," we're printing credit cards and preapproving our unborn grandchildren.

This is such an easily understood explanation of the current situation. Steyn is a master wordsmith.

This should be an RNC add running around the country on Monday and Tuesday.

[hattend]

Mark Steyn hits another one out of the park.

BTTT

[Free Vulcan]

And this is why the GOP should have stood it’s ground. Because when the ratings agencies slash our debt status anyway, the markets will do whatever is they were doing to do anyway.

We fell for the Dems Wizard of Oz routine. They are scared to death and they are bluffing us into a last-minute deal to save President Fool Sucka’s political arse for ‘12. They don’t care about anything else. They’ll pass this bill and it will have no effect on reversing the path where we are already going.

[EternalVigilance]

"The principle of spending money to be paid by posterity, under the name of funding, is but swindling futurity on a large scale."

-- Thomas Jefferson

"The people are responsible for the character of their government. If that body be ignorant, reckless, and corrupt, it is because the people tolerate ignorance, recklessness, and corruption. If it be intelligent, brave, and pure, it is because the people demand these high qualities to represent them..."

-- James Garfield

[Lady Jag]

God Bless Steyn!

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