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Originally Posted by billethkid
....The auto spending cuts will be watered down, kicking the can once again down the road far enough as a political means to dupe the gullible into voting for Obama.
ITSA JOKE!
btk
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Why would the GOP do that, Billie? For three and one-half years they have bitterly and assiduously opposed anything that Obama supported. They even opposed issues they had previously supported after discovering that Obama supported them as well! They have control. Nothing can happen unless they approve of it.
Having said that, I tend to agree with you. Sometime before the automatic spending cuts and taxes kick in, the Congress will eliminate them both. Both the Democrats and Republicans will support such legislation with near unanimous votes. Even the Tea Party will vote to eliminate the spending cuts. And the most liberal Demcrats will vote for the further extension of the Bush tax cuts.
Then they'll go home for Christmas vacation. They'll kick the can down the road once again. And they will all be impassioned in their defense of these actions. They'll make every attempt to convince us that continuing to outspend our tax revenues by 40-45%, growing the national debt by more than a trillion dollars each year, is really in our best interests.
When they come back to start the 113th Congress, the Republicans will be back to blaming Obama for spending the country into bankruptcy (if he's re-elected; if not the Democrats will be criticizing Romney for what he
plans to do). And the Democrats will be accusing the GOP for defending the wealthy and ruining he middle class. Unemployment won't improve; the economy will continue to stagger; people's real income will continue to decline; the national debt clock will continue to spin, even faster. And Congress will continue to speak their criticisms if one another from the Capitol steps.
So if what happens is what you and I both think will happen, tell me the real difference between Republicans and Democrats? Is one conservative fiscally and with regard to the size of government? Is the other party flaming liberals and closet socialists? I'll continue to say that they're all the same, interested ony in getting re-elected and retaining power. Doing "the People's work"? Surely you jest.