Okay it's been a long fight. Obama and the Democrats have been utterly irresponsible, and obstinate about spending cuts, and insist that raising taxes (revenue) is the answer to our fiscal woes.
The Democrats and the special interest lobbies, like unions, and government workers will fight austerity every step of the way, it is not in their own self interest. That doesn't mean we should give up.
Mitch McConnell wants to make it even easier by allowing Congress to go through a dog and pony show of feigned cuts that never get cut while allowing escalation of our national debt, McConnell was careful to describe his plan as a "last-choice option" but several conservative groups took aim at the minority leader for effectively destroying, in their view, any leverage Republicans had to negotiate with the president.
This McConnell dog and pony show is more liberal trickery that proposes feigned cuts that never get cut while allowing escalation of our national debt to go on unfettered.
It's a cop out, and a weasel move. This is NOT what the elections in 2010 were all about. And now the fear that Republicans would "cave" and going back to being inside the beltway politicians is coming true.
Now is the time to act, contact your representatives and let them know you do not support his weasel tactics of giving in.
Republicans need to demand concessions from the tax and spend Democrats before raising the Debt Limit Ceiling. Those concessions need to include accross the board spending cuts, not just defense spending and iron clad balanced budget amendment, so we don't have to go through this again. We can do away with the Dept of Education, The Dept of Energy. That would be a good start before tackling Social Security, and Medicare.
Here is where you can find your representative's contact info
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