LoneLaugher
Diamond Member
Problem is Republicans compromised many times with Democrats for spending cuts in return for raising taxes. But the spending cuts never ever come. The way I see it Democrats owe a hell of a lot of cuts before they get any more new taxes. For far too long Republicans have made deals with Democrats only to have them screwed over by the Democrats. How do you bargain with people that have no morals and take no accountability what so ever?.
At some point, people lost sight of the fact that standing on your principal and practicing mature compromise are not mutually exclusive. It was at that point people from both ends of the spectrum began acting like petulant children who simply had to have their way or they were going to take their toys and go home, damage be damned.
A mature, reasonable person takes the victories they can get today and then works diligently to gain further victories in the near future. Their self-esteem and their ego are not permanently damaged if they don't get their way. Zero-sum thinking is simplistic, immature and destructive.
Currently, the children are in control.
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At some point, hopefully before we're in the ground, someone is going to have to be the first to suck it up and rise above these games. They can then take their case to the public and say "in the best interests of the country, we gave in, THIS TIME." It will then be up to the public to decide whether they want to reward that side for ending this insane game and doing the mature thing.
Both parties are too fixated on winning battles, and not enough on winning the war.
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Obama gave in already.