[FredZarguna]

How about this deal: We agree to the 10:1 cuts:taxes ratio, provided there are two additional provisos.

• There may be no additional spending, no off-budget items, and no emergency supplemental appropriations.
• The cuts go into effect first, and the tax increase happens only after all the cuts have completed.

This is effectively what we're being asked to agree to, if you simply interchange "cuts" with "taxes." Under the Democrats' "deal," taxes will happen, and under no circumstances will they be reduced, modified, or amended throughout the deal. Taxes will go into effect first, and regardless of that, there is no mechanism that would stop "new" spending from simply replacing the "old" cuts.

This is the problem with the 10:1 proposition. It is actually 10i : 1. That is, the 10 of cuts is pure imaginary. The taxes, unfortunately, are real. That is why no reasonable person will agree to it.

[NoLibZone]

How do we stop new sessions of Congress from doing what they have the power to do?

What ever deal made to cut is not binding to any new future Congressional sessions.

The ups are immediate and instantaneous.

Future cuts cannot be compelled to take place.

And never do.