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Old 02-18-2011, 07:49 AM   #27
uphokyhuP

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Since we need to actually cut something like $400 billion per year, Democrats should propose spending cuts of that magnitude that they like better. Saying $60 billion is too much, let's cut $2 billion instead is fundamentally unserious.

And no, Boehner doesn't control the House. That's the point. The House is democratic. I realize that this was forgotten during the Pelosi years.
Don't evade the reality that Boehner is inept so far. It's only half his fault though; he's a laissez-faire kinda guy who prefers negotiating and cutting deals where both sides have to compromise. Now that he's in the spotlight it sucks for him. He likes to chill, smoke cigars and drink red wine; he's simply not accustomed to wrangling a whole bunch of people together to get shit done and it shows.

The Tea Party people joined with Democrats to cut nearly a half billion of pork from Boehner's own district, therefore the appetite to actually go through everything line by line is a bi-partisan effort.

How many more half billion projects like this exist can they find? Let's start with that since there is compromise already.

But what Republicans are doing right now is having a free-for-all and just cutting every and anything and with impunity.

Between corporate giveaways and pork like that, I bet they could come together and do some smart cutting that actually doesn't kick already struggling middle class people in the teeth.

So far Republicans just can't be taken seriously since they're cutting Big Bird in favor of keeping the oil and gas subsidies in tact.
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