Quote Originally Posted by Devils Horse View Post
The uh 'Super' committee was never intended to succeed, the appointment of that committee was pure politics. It was formed so President Obama could do just what he's doing right now: point the finger of blame at Republicans.

The gulf between the right and left is bigger than ever.

The Dems are further left than ever in history, and the GOP is solidly on the right. Both of them are that way because the voters are more polarized than ever. Not too many moderates out there, at least any who'll admit it.

The Dems voters want to tax and spend the country into a European style social democracy, and the GOP voters want the same America we've always had.

The Dems have done a great job convincing a large portion of America that if we just tax the 'rich' more we'll be just fine. Never mind the absolutely idiotic levels of spending during the period they totally controlled the government, and the fact the government could confiscate ALL the 'rich' peoples' money and it wouldn't make a dent. They've shifted the blame using class warfare and attributing all ills to Wall Street greed.

It escapes me how anyone who thinks federal spending needs to be controlled could even consider voting Democrat. Step one when they got complete control of the legislative and executive branches of the government was to pass an 850 BILLION dollar spending bill without even reading it. Over 3/4 of a TRILLION DOLLARS WITHOUT EVEN READING THE BILL. Stimulus my ass. It's been record levels of spending since, despite the miserable economy and unemployment rate.

The President's answer? More taxing, and yes, more spending.

Thankfully the voters did something about it and put a Republican majority into the house, so at least there is some resistance to the Washington spending machine. Not that the Republicans are much better, they'd be helping Mr. Obama and the Dems spend our money like drunken sailors if they weren't afraid we'd vote em out.

All I can say is the Republicans I voted for dang well better not compromise an inch. The deficit spending has got to stop NOW, and the cutting has to start NOW.

Next November elect a President who can actually lead, and get rid of Harry freakin Reid as Senate majority leader.

Let the Democrats and CNN/MSNBC/NBC/ABC/CBS say what they will, don't raise ANYONE's taxes, cut the federal government to the bone, and let this great country get back on track.

Rant over.
There's one thing I don't quite understand. You speak as though the Democrats have refused to make any spending cuts, which is not true. The Democrats are willing to compromise and make spending cuts, but think they need to be accompanied by some tax increases. It's the Republicans who have refused to compromise, citing Grover Norquist's tax pledge that they've all signed, and which has them all by the cojones. As I recall, "the same America we've always had" is one in which both sides compromise, which the Republicans, not the Democrats, are refusing to do. Like I said before, I don't want to let the Democrats off the hook, because the scope of the cuts needs to be larger than they seem to be comfortable with, but they're at least willing to TALK about cuts. As soon as the tax increases get mentioned (which are inevitable), the Republicans close their ears.