So much for the Super Congress "Grand Bargain"

The Dems just got rolled. The GOP named the most qualified brightest people they have. Portman was director of OMB under Bush for a year. Hensarling is a political conservative who has watched the budget process for years.
The Dems appointed a bunch of hacks and self-servers. Kerry? Really? Did you know he served in Vietnam?
 
All six Republicans are Norquist no taxes hand puppets, so that's the first hurdle in the path of compromise.
Wow....And they say that there isn't any good news to report these days.

If you don't raise taxes you have to cut the budget by 40% to get it balanced and NO ONE is going to do that.

Except they dont really have to get it balanced. That is a canard. ALl they need to do is bring the deficit back to historic norms and we'll be fine. Growth will take care of the rest of it, IF they can keep the lid on spending.
 
Debt Panelists Draw Skepticism on Partisanship, Tax Stances - Bloomberg

U.S. House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell announced their appointments to a 12-member committee assigned with finding $1.5 trillion in budget savings, a lineup already drawing skepticism about the chances for a bipartisan debt compromise.

Republican Senators Jon Kyl, Pat Toomey and Rob Portman will work with Senate Democrats Patty Murray, John Kerry and Max Baucus, who were chosen yesterday by Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid. Boehner today picked House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp, Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton and Republican Conference head Jeb Hensarling. House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi has yet to name her panelists.

The choices from both parties include some “land mines,” increasing the likelihood of deadlock, said Robert Bixby, head of the Concord Coalition, an Arlington, Virginia-based group that advocates for a balanced budget.

Murray, of Washington state, will cause “certain alarm bells to go off” because she heads the Democrats’ campaign to elect senators, Bixby said. Toomey, of Pennsylvania, and Hensarling, of Texas, are committed to not raising taxes. Upton’s panel has taken the lead on investigating President Barack Obama’s agenda, including the new health-care law. And all six Republican appointees have signed a pledge by Americans for Tax Reform against voting to raise taxes.

Once again, it looks like the Republicans will not compromise whatsoever.

Driving me nuts, who's that in your sig?
 
typical modbert thread...the link actually mentions how BOTH parties have some who are unwilling to or likely unwilling to compromise and create issues...but modbert zeroes in on on the pubs and claims they are the ones unwilling....

:lol:
 
What a pathetic set of picks - on both sides. Virtually no chance of finding a compromise.
Spending needs to be CUT, not just have points shaved off the baseline increases.

Where's the compromise between cutting spending and not doing so?

Boy, that's a really insightful post! Thanks for your contribution.

Now, which seven on this committee are likely to agree to the same cuts?

Hint: There are not seven who will do so.
 
What a pathetic set of picks - on both sides. Virtually no chance of finding a compromise.
Spending needs to be CUT, not just have points shaved off the baseline increases.

Where's the compromise between cutting spending and not doing so?

Boy, that's a really insightful post! Thanks for your contribution.

Now, which seven on this committee are likely to agree to the same cuts?

Hint: There are not seven who will do so.

When Dems lose POTUS and another 75 Congress seats in 2012, we'll find a compromise.
 
Spending needs to be CUT, not just have points shaved off the baseline increases.

Where's the compromise between cutting spending and not doing so?

Boy, that's a really insightful post! Thanks for your contribution.

Now, which seven on this committee are likely to agree to the same cuts?

Hint: There are not seven who will do so.

When Dems lose POTUS and another 75 Congress seats in 2012, we'll find a compromise.

If the Republicans take the house and the White House in 2012, maybe we can get back to that fiscal responsibility they showed us in the last decade.

If that happens, the market for our debt will consist of two guys at Drexel Burnham.
 
To hell with the super congress. It's nothing but an elitist scam anyway. I hope it fails miserably.

I was against the Super Congress from the beginning. But if there's nothing we can do about it, then at least have them pick competent people who can actually get something done. Neither side did this.

I refuse to set the bar that low. I've called my senator, reps, dems and r's and demanded in emails, letters, and phone calls that the super congress be dissolved.
 

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