Posted on 08/02/2011 10:09:38 AM PDT by GreaterSwiss
"We've had too much talk the last few days of Republicans as early as this morning, Republican leaders in the Senate saying there will be no revenue. That's not going to happen. Otherwise, the trigger is going to kick in. The only way we can arrive at a fair arrangement for the American people with this joint committee is to have equal sharing. It's going to be painful. Each party if they do the right thing, it's going to be painful for them because to be fair, we have to move forward. There has to be equal spending cuts, there has to be some revenue that matches that," Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) said on the floor of the Senate right before voting started on the debt deal. Increased revenue from taxes was not included in the debt compromise.
(Excerpt) Read more at realclearpolitics.com ...
Wow... some victory for the Tea Party.
Thanks, Republican “leadership.” Get bent, the lot of you.
You speak for me and millions of others. This is where we find ourselves today.
For whom????
Republicans in Congress have shown great courage on the deficit, and deserve a lot of credit. The House passed the Paul Ryan budget, and all but 5 Republican Senators voted for it. They’ve come out strongly in favor of entitlement reform, and have Paul Ryan talking about the debt almost every day.
And they made the President and other Democrats eat their words and surrender by agreeing to spending cuts without any tax increases. It’s a tremendous victory.
This is the third real conservative government in the past 90 years, along with the Reagan Presidency and Gingrich speakership.
Thanks, your post made me smile, which doesn’t happen often these days.
Reid and the Democrats are just sore losers. They got their glasses kicked in the negotiations, and now are whining about it.
Drugs are bad...you shouldn't do drugs Mmmmkay?
Are Republicans:
a) Fools
b)Push-overs
c)Stupid as bricks
d)ALL OF THE ABOVE
In Mormon Theology there is a small group of people, so devoid of their humanity that they get a special place. They are Called The Sons of Perdition. Growing up in Mormonism and being compelled to attend seminary before high school every morning we were taught about The Sons of Perdition but we never given examples. I want to thank Harry Reid for clearing up this long-standing void in my “religious training.” Harry Reid IS one of the Son’s of Perdition. Of that there is no question. Thanks again Harry!
Well of course, didn't you get the memo? "We have the pass the bill to see what's in it."
Obviously a new component of the legislative process.
I’d say the RinoCracy got pretty much what they wanted...
If there are tax increases built into this bill, then why aren’t Reid and the Democrats bragging about them? Answer: because they aren’t there. There are no built-in tax increases.
Perhaps you should listen to Rush, he spent a good 2 horus yesterday and an hour today making the case that debt reduction agreement did do just that. If you don’t have radio, there are threads about it.
No. I have come to the conclusion that the Republicans are in on this deal. They are playing us! We are the ones who are being played, by the Republicans!
You may very well be right.
Face it, no one wants to actually cut something specific. They also don’t want to raise taxes. They are just scum.
I’d have to see the automatic cuts, my reaction is let them happen.
Great sarcasm!
LOL.
Glad to help in some small way........ ;-)
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