On the Dark Side—all it takes is one RINO switching sides for a tax increase to be proposed by the committee. Thus having one or two Tea Party members out of Six solves nothing—you really need six tea party members out of six to guarantee a tax increase is not recommended.
On the Bright Side—This committee has no ability to pass laws-it merely comes up with a recommendation to be subject to vote without amendment in the House and Senate . If the committee does come up with a tax increase plan, all the House has to do is vote the proposal down and the committee’s tax increases are dead.
However, if the recommendation is voted down, the House and Senate would have to then live with $1.2 Trillion in “cuts” 50% to defense, 50% to non-defense split evenly over 2013-21. None of these cuts are in 2012 which is a big problem. In general, the deal causes very little changes in 2012—in the early years the “cuts” just limit the rate of growth is spending which isn’t much help.
Quite a sight, isn't it? It's like they have to get their daily dose of tizzy. They wake up in the morning wondering who and what they are supposed to hate today.