Total dollar amount says the opposite of what you say.
Just like the bush tax cuts for the rich....the rich got the smallest percentage cut but we call them "tax cuts for the rich" because they got the largest dollar amount. You are doing the same thing with this number.
To those who have...
I think the Reps waiting until January 1st would be a better deal than anything the dems have agreed to so far...at least they will get some real and guaranteed spending cuts this way.
As a person who thought we should have ripped off the band aid in 2008 and let things fall where they would WITHOUT govt welfare to bail them out I'm not objecting to this opinion.
That is true and that is what the problem is. The Dems won't negotiate yet are crying that the republican's wont negotiate either.
Reps "We will do revenue increases with spending cuts"
Dems "WE will do revenue increases and promise to but not guarnatee spending cuts"
Reps "We wont do...
Who wrote the Quaran? Who wrote the bible?
Men did....yeah....do I have to say more other than man is not perfect? Do you really think men transcribed the word of god into books without errors?
So wait was Bush a foreign policy genius? It sounds to me like you are giving Bush credit for being a genius in foreign policy or else you wouldn't be using his decisions with such weight here.
GOP "We will increase revenue if you cut spending"
Dems"We will increase revenue and promise but not guarantee to cut spending"
GOP "We wont raise revenue without spending cuts"
Dems "The GOP won't negotiate"
^ that is how I've seen it go so far. The republicans are willing to put...