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Originally Posted by djplong
Richie: The way I look at it is as follows..
If the Democrats, according to their historical rhetoric, had their way, they would try to eliminate the deficit with tax hikes on "the rich" with a liberal definition of "rich".
Given that Obama has come across with cuts to Medicare and other entitlement programs, that shows me a spirit of compromise.
The Republicans would like to cut the deficit entire through spending cuts. They haven't budged an inch.
So the classic example of one versus the other is that the Republicans want to cut programs for the poor and save tax havens for the rich while the middle class gets squeezed yet again.
This is why I seem to be backing the Democrats. I'm not happy with them by any stretch of the imagination. I don't believe in their base plank of government solutions. But in the past years, when a Democrat has been in the White House, they've moved to the center. The GOP, on the other hand, has moved more towards the right. Ronald Reagan would be a centrist Democrat by today's standards.
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Obama has not offered one specific of what he would be willing to cut immediately and I'm tired of all the libs acting as if he has. It's total misinformation. All his proposed non-specific cuts are maybe 10 years or so down the line, where they will be voided if I know my history. It's all Democrat BS.
We need immediate cuts greater than an deficit ceiling increase with an immediate vote on a Federal Balanced Budget Amendment. That's the way to get our AAA Credit Rating.
If you go to the bank an say "I'm crazy over my head in debt"; are they more likely to help you if you say "I'm not going to change my ways, but a new loan will help me out for a while", or "I'm cutting my superfluous spending and vowing to live within my means while I pay down my debt, but I could use some temporary leeway". It ain't that complicated.