He!!, if THATS what it takes to get some positive movement out of Washington, we could save a whole bunch of money and have a panel of 6 replace the House and the Senate!
This special committee is a joke and a waste of more tax dollars.
Just pessimism? Not abject and total disgust?
Why would I worry? Just because Upton - the guy who doesn’t want us to buy light bulbs we like, and who has never seen spending that wasn’t worthwhile, or a tax that shouldn’t be raised - is part of the Gang of Twelve, why should I worry?
The “panel” won’t agree to anything, and when faced with debilitating cuts in defense, and deep (politically damaging) cuts in medicare, Boehner and McConnell will “reluctantly” go along with take hikes. They’ve been 0bama’s butt boys all along.
You know the entire article is a waste of time when the author has to go and get a quote from the useless former Senator Alan Simpleton.