[guitarplayer1953]

the congress is abdicating their responsibility by forming this committee, and all the people on this committee will be gaining bigger retaierment bucks because they are on this committee, congress needs to do their job and just say no! I bet that if they cut to deep they will be taken to the USSC just like the line item veto and overturned.

[DTxAg]

congress is abdicating their responsibility

Yep, and all for political expediency. They can go home and tell their constituents "I didn't vote to raise taxes, cut spending, etc., it was the super-committee."

[lodi90]

“the congress is abdicating their responsibility by forming this committee.”

In particular the GOP “leadership”. McConnell, Boehner, Cantor, etc.