Who Is To Blame

[Freedomlover]

It did not take long for politicians, news organizations, pundits and pollsters to start pointing fingers at who is to blame for the S&P downgrade of our nation's debt. They are, however, pointing in the wrong direction. They all should be pointing at "we the people" who have for decades demanded more and more services from the government at all levels. There have been too many politicians who have been more than willing to promote these programs in order to get elected. They have not the political will, or the fortitude to say no for fear of losing their position of power at the hands of the electorate.

We can not have it both ways, expensive programs or duplicate programs, of which there are many, and expect to pay low taxes. So, stop the finger pointing and decide by election time next year which it will be. A famous comic strip character Pogo quipped many years ago that "we have met the enemy, and it is us". Yes, it is all of us!

 

[B. Kidd]

Ask the White House whose to blame.
They are still looking for scapegoats and failing to lead.
But, Obie is looking forward to speaking tonite at two fundraisers. He's creating jobs for chefs, waiters, and table setters. Recovery is on the way!

 

[Soggy in NOLA]

The Boy King no doubt will tell us now how he "inherited the downgrade".

 

[Truthmatters]

Tax cuts and deregulation are to blame along with spending

 

[Freedomlover]

Go back and read the post again. You are finger pointing.

 

[Truthmatters]

when you want to solve a problem you are going to need to know how the problem developed.

 

[B. Kidd]

Go back and read the post again. You are finger pointing.

If you want to see real finger pointing, Obama to talk at 1 P.M. EST.

 

[blastoff]

It's gotta be Bush because it's always Bush's fault.

 

[RDD_1210]

Both Republican and Democrat spending started the mess, followed by the Tea Party directly causing the issue to be attached to our debt limit.

 

[Truthmatters]

It was not caused by just spending.

It was also caused by tax cuts

 

[BoycottTheday]

I think its because the other 91% of my fellow travelers are idiots.

I took a test it proved it.

 

[peach174]

Both Republican and Democrat spending started the mess, followed by the Tea Party directly causing the issue to be attached to our debt limit.

I agree with your fist part. Both parties have spent too much.
The tea party wants spending cuts.
S&P warned that the cuts need to be at least 4 Trillion.
They caved to the 2 Trillion in cuts that Dems wanted. It is not enough in cuts.
S&P wants to see long term fixes and both parties have settled for short term fixes.

 

[Full-Auto]

Tax cuts and deregulation are to blame along with spending

LOL DEREGULATION.

You could not possibly be more clueless then that.

Spending is the largest culprit, the 1000 pound gorilla in the room.

 

[cutter]

Decades of failed economic policy spanning the terms of several presidents. Some were just better at the failed policy than others. Everyone from the left, and some on the right, wants to blame the TEA PARTY. The TEA PARTY is the ONLY group that has tried to correct those failed policy so it's not unexpected that both party's will blame the only group that wants to correct their failed policys.

 

[RDD_1210]

Both Republican and Democrat spending started the mess, followed by the Tea Party directly causing the issue to be attached to our debt limit.

I agree with your fist part. Both parties have spent too much.
The tea party wants spending cuts.
S&P warned that the cuts need to be at least 4 Trillion.
They caved to the 2 Trillion in cuts that Dems wanted. It is not enough in cuts.
S&P wants to see long term fixes and both parties have settled for short term fixes.

The fact that the Tea Party decided to directly attach this issue to the vote on raising our debt ceiling had a direct impact on why we had our credit downgraded. If we just raised our debt ceiling like we have countless times before without the fanfare that the Tea Party caused we would still have a AAA rating today. Thats just a fact.

 

[Full-Auto]

Both Republican and Democrat spending started the mess, followed by the Tea Party directly causing the issue to be attached to our debt limit.

I agree with your fist part. Both parties have spent too much.
The tea party wants spending cuts.
S&P warned that the cuts need to be at least 4 Trillion.
They caved to the 2 Trillion in cuts that Dems wanted. It is not enough in cuts.
S&P wants to see long term fixes and both parties have settled for short term fixes.

The fact that the Tea Party decided to directly attach this issue to the vote on raising our debt ceiling had a direct impact on why we had our credit downgraded. If we just raised our debt ceiling like we have countless times before without the fanfare that the Tea Party caused we would still have a AAA rating today. Thats just a fact.

No it isnt. But have another glass

 

[Truthmatters]

National Taxpayers Union - History of Federal Individual Income Bottom and Top Bracket Rates


tax rates history

 

[Remodeling Maidiac]

People that blame the Tea Party show a level of ignorance I simply never thought was possible.

Carry on with the sillyness

 

[BoycottTheday]

So the Teaparty is whooping both the rep and dem butts,

that says more about how weak the major parties are in all this.

I cant see why the party hacks want to keep pointing this out however.

whoever is coming up with your talking points sucks at it tbh.

 

[Truthmatters]

So you hate S&P?