[Jim Robinson]

The Republicans were idiots for getting into this crap.

[RobertClark]

This is perhaps the first action with which he and I would agree - albeit for different reasons. We were sold this "supercommitte" line of crap during the debt ceiling debate, and I knew at that time it was a road to nowhere. Now that the debt ceiling has been raised, there are those who want to back-peddle on the objective of moving toward a balanced budget and reigning in our out of control borrowing. I call bull$5&t!

The Dims don't understand that we do not have a revenue problem, we have a spending problem. The Repubes and RINOS don't have the backbone to target cuts where they are needed most - the endless gov't giveaway train. Well, tough - let the cuts begin!

[bigbob]

Who in HELL every thought this stupid-committee idea would ever work??

[Prokopton]

$1 trillion in automatic spending cuts

Of course, as always, there really aren't any cuts, only reductions in the rate of spending increases. They act like it's a big deal when it's not even a good start.

[Baynative]

The republicans have given Obama the stage to act like the tough guy in holding the line and forcing the mandatory cuts to go into effect. The media will not mention that the action doesn’t take place until 2013 or that he will change his tune after he gets reelected!

[mylife]

What a SOB.
Spend us into oblivion, then set us up with defense cuts to reduce the debt.

[guitarplayer1953]

Why must domestic spending be cut and not foreign give away?

[hosepipe]

This guy is a brain hemorrhage..
Is the FBI penetrated and compromised?..

What does the U.S.A. do when they elect a virtual Traitor?..
Bend over and assume “the Position”..?..

[Sun]

Dictator in Chief.

[goldstategop]

Republicans don’t like spending cuts? Only if the cuts affect the fellow behind the other tree! Tough luck.

[pieceofthepuzzle]

The truly wealthy don’t have to show ‘income’. It’s those who are upwardly mobile middle class who get nailed by the democrats.

[eclecticEel]

There’s something oddly surreal about this whole farce - the ‘rats/libs/media are apoplectic about the supercommittee’s inability to agree to $1.2t in deficit reduction, and the downside is that we’ll then have $1.2t in deficit reduction? Smoke, mirrors, and nonsense the lot of it. There’s no cuts. Just meaningless budget projections of what the federal budget will be doing a decade from now (from people that couldn’t even draft a budget for last year, nor this one, nor the one after).

[Kickass Conservative]

Notice how NOBODY ever suggests that the current Government accounting trick of Baseline Budgeting should be eliminated?

For the big bucks we are paying our Civil Servants, they should account for every Taxpayer Funded dollar allocated to their Departments.

I spent many years justifying my Budget Projections while working for a large Corporation. Unless there was a requirement for year to year expansion of services to my Clients, the Budget was static or cut.

Any Merit Pay or Bonus Money paid to me was based on Operational Savings. There was no built in increase. If I didn’t find the savings, they would hire someone who would.

The absolute waste in Government Spending is beyond my comprehension. I only had an 18 Million Dollar Budget to look after.

[Razzz42]

Well, since the supercommittee is a failure, you could cut spending by eliminating the budget for the supercommittee. One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.

[tina07]

FUBO

[veritas2002]

We all know exactly what we think about Obama - even those with buyers remorse.

[tobyhill]

He won't be President but for about 20 days after the supposed cuts kick in which nothing this congress does can bind the hands of the next congress.