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posted at 6:02 pm on November 10, 2011 by Tina Korbe
Good question, Mr. Stewart. Nancy Pelosi answers in typical Nancy Pelosi fashion by saying Republicans would have filibustered it. Too bad budgets cant be filibustered. They require a simple majority in both House and Senate to pass. Whats more: When Democrats did control both houses, they had a supermajority in the Senate.
Republicans could have filibustered only with the help of Democrats. No way to pin this one on Republicans and, yet, Pelosi still tries. Predictable.
Also, did you know Republicans dont believe in Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, clean air, clean water, food safety, public safety and public education? I surely didnt. Honestly, Im not even sure what it means to not believe in them to not acknowledge their existence? To not desire them? If what shes trying to say is Republicans dont believe in Big Government, then sure: Theyve seen the inefficacy, the inefficiency, the clumsiness of programs that often do the opposite of what theyre intended to do and theyd rather empower people to take personal responsibility than to continue to perpetuate dependency. But thats rather different than not believing in programs that, like it or not, have become part of the political landscape and have to be addressed one way or another.
In fact, lets talk about the true non-believers, for a second. To judge by their utter inaction on entitlement reform, it seems safer to say Democrats dont believe The Big Three are headed for insolvency. Either that, or they dont believe a social safety net is necessary, after all because theyre willing to risk an entitlement implosion rather than implement intelligent reforms now.
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