Jacoby wrote:
The debt deal was what the good ole boys in congress wanted, yes. Those cuts are miniscule and insubstantial but they give the illusion of fiscal restraint and to show the public that they can "work" with the opposite party. All that really matters in Washington is the dog and pony show.
Compromise isn't a bad thing but you can't betray your principles.
Exactly. I don't favor cuts right now, but I hate the lying. They cut based on projected increases, and they cut less than the amount of the projected increases. Only in Washington does a smaller increase count as a cut.
The Republicans care more about hurting Obama than about helping the country, for sure.
On the topic of the automatic triggers, do you guys mean automatic like the automatic cuts in payments to Medicare providers which Congress puts off
every year?
EDIT: The Democrats have improved, though. Unconditional surrender beats preemptive surrender.
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