Dr.Traveler
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WHY DO YOU THINK THEY USED THAT PROCEDURE, "POLITICAL GENIUS???????????"
Even McCain opposed the tax cuts. Bush had to agree to a sun set provision to get enough votes!
Not true. They could have simply paid for the tax cuts by making corresponding spending cuts. Instead they actually went on to increase spending on other things they didn't bother to pay for.
Reconciliation doesn't require sunset provisions. Reconciliation used to increase the deficit does (although at that point it's just a gimmick).
Ding Ding Ding.
And by the way, this thread, and the rationals you're seeing, are why the Tea Party is a joke. Its kinda hard to take them seriously when they complain about big spending and a growing Federal Government when they voted for Bush who also increased Federal Spending and expanded the powers of the Federal Government.
If the Tea Party had any conviction or courage, they'd have gone third party. But they haven't and they won't. Its a GOP manufactured movement, and has been from the start.