Sequestration Was Obama's Idea....

Back on topic and away from the more interesting topic of beer, I don't quite understand the Democrats' game plan or rationale here. For two years, they claimed that they were willing to take on spending if the GOP would just compromise on taxes (the so-called "balanced approach") and stop being so rigid. The public agreed with the Democrats and reelected Obama.

However, the GOP ultimately did compromise on taxes when the first fiscal cliff mess resolved, so the Democrats really have no basis to make the claim that the GOP has been unreasonable or unwilling to compromise. They did compromise, and now it's time to address spending like the White House previously promised that it would.

During the previously fiscal cliff nonsense, I advocated that the GOP give on taxes because they didn't have a choice and because it would let them call the White House's bluff. Eventually they did give in. Now they have the leverage, and they need use it. Do NOT agree to any new taxes - not because of ideological rigidity but because they already agreed to new taxes.

In addition, if Obama really wants to go down this road, I think he'll be misreading his mandate. The 2012 mandate to the GOP was to compromise on taxes, not to wholly capitulate and do nothing about spending.
 
Have you ever looked at the amount of money the Federal government spent say from the years of 1932 forward and which party controlled Congress and how much money was spent?

Quite obvious that you have never done any research on that at all.

Why don't you do some research before you keep spouting drivel!
 
Why is Obama spreading fear and using fear tactics on the cuts? He forgets we are nation of strong resolute people. We can get by with less spending. We can deal with things.
The cuts need to be done.

I'm not for $85 billion in cuts -- I'm for $185 billion in cuts. Add another $100 billion to it. Go for it.

Sequestration
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Sequestration
Go Go Go !!!

Oh, cut my benefits? Go ahead. I'll suffer and be glad for it if it means Obama gets egg on his face for trying rule the government instead of just handling his 1/3 of government.

You want the cuts off the table? Then agree let Congress decide on taxes and spending, and you just sign the bill or veto it and deal with it.
 
What BI said... "Voting Libertarian is the only "real" option there is. "

I work for a writer that is not exactly Libertarian. He calls it juris naturalis. He's a long time friend of Ron Paul, and also of the late Harry Browne, whose ideas of Libertarian were close enough to what we need.

The writer I work for is Richard Maybury: The Link
"I am biased in favor of liberty, free markets, and international neutrality, and proud of it."

As I was saying...
Had a nice long evening dinner conversation with Harry Browne sitting out in the back yard on a patio some years back in Phoenix attending a conference. Maybe the nicest man I ever met in my life. He had a special love for music and I regret I never got a copy of a cassette he'd made of some of his favorites. But he's the closet I know of an understanding of all the things wrong with government. And Richard Maybury took a lot from him over the years including his Permanent Portfolio idea of a safe investment. (PRPFX is a fund that mimics it)

I often think I live in one of the stupidest cultures on the planet. A handful of men ... 55 of them... created the Constitution, but we're determined to wreck it. Both major parties. Ever since the Civil War.

But there REALLY IS A BETTER WAY. It starts with Austrian Economics.

I'd like nothing better than to see both major parties sink like an iron meteor to the bottom of the ocean, and then try to get it right.

I think ultimately the whole thing has to fail and go bankrupt for people to ever really get it. Socialism does not work. Entitlement programs are a Ponzi scheme. And political power corrupts the judgment -- of anyone.
 
The fact that people like what Obama has done to this country is astonishing. Are people nowadays really this stupid or do they just lack a grasp of reality? Incredible.
 
Think you've ever read something REALLY ridiculous on Hornfans?...

Think again. Obama has shown a side of the ridiculous that tops any poster EVER in the entire history of Hornfans.

I never thought I'd witness this level of dialog, logic and insinuation from a sitting President of the United States. And he's got three years and eleven more months to go.

From his Sat, 22-Feb radio address:
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Roger - Who gets blamed is not the issue - I frankly don't care who take the hit. Opinions on such matters can be fleeting things. The issue is, who came up with the idea of a sequestration and who is actually trying to mislead the American people about its impact?
 
R35 you are truly amazing - just amazing. That article tries to blame everyone then makes the comment about GOP halting the raising of taxes - yep that'll solve everything just do the old tax joke - how much did you make? Send it in.
Even that won't solve our problem, but hey "we do not have a spending problem" Thank you Ms Pelosi - lunatic!
 
"the surge of recent releases was extraordinary"

This is just the unelected bureaucrats of ICE following orders from Dear Leader.

The cuts don't even take effect until Friday, and no money reductions will happen until sometime after that, yet they need to get those people out RIGHT NOW. BS!!!!
 
Now Bob Woodward, the guy who broke the news that the sequester was Obama's idea, says that Obama is exhibiting "a kind of madness not seen in a long time". He's referencing Obama saying he can't deploy the aircraft carrier "Truman" because of a budget document.

The Link

Really, you can't do what you need to protect the country because of the sequester? Obama has lost it and even people on the Left who aren't too spellbound by Obama are beginning to realize it.
 
Just because a group of folks will never accept an "other" as their president doesn't mean that he needs to be put in jail. Otoh, when one lies and deceives to go to war, they should definitely be investigated.

And as for you throwing in dubya and Cheney in order to go after Obama, gimme a break. You couldn't throw in enough "real", corrupt American presidents that are worth obama's socks.
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