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teacher_tim Champion Author Maryland Posts:15,747 Points:745,535 Joined:May 2004	Message Posted: Feb 7, 2013 8:16:40 AM Ignore teacher_tim Report Abuse "With Congress facing a March 1 deadline before sweeping defense and other cuts kick in, Obama on Tuesday said the best thing to do if they can't meet that deadline is to pass a package of "spending cuts and tax reforms" that would push off the deadline for a "few more months." But Republican leaders roundly rejected the idea. "At some point, Washington has to deal with its spending problem. Now, I've watched them kick this can down the road for 22 years that I've been here. I've had enough of it. It's time to act," House Speaker John Boehner said Wednesday. "It's just more of the same," House Republican Leader Eric Cantor told Fox News. Cantor and others accused the president of once again "kicking the can" on the debt crisis -- and further, they claimed that after the fiscal-crisis deal yielded a tax rate increase on top earners, Obama and his Democratic allies are trying to squeeze in more tax hikes in lieu of spending cuts. Republicans also want to replace the indiscriminate spending cuts set to hit March 1. But they want to replace them with other spending cuts." Read more: link to source We HAD a tax hike in January; it's time for the spending cuts without the tax hike this time. Democrats should come back with a comprehensive set of CUTS, then they can be negotiated. Otherwise, let the sequester hit and have a separate bill for every different agency expenditure. There should be a line-item veto for the President.

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"With Congress facing a March 1 deadline before sweeping defense and other cuts kick in, Obama on Tuesday said the best thing to do if they can't meet that deadline is to pass a package of "spending cuts and tax reforms" that would push off the deadline for a "few more months."

But Republican leaders roundly rejected the idea.

"At some point, Washington has to deal with its spending problem. Now, I've watched them kick this can down the road for 22 years that I've been here. I've had enough of it. It's time to act," House Speaker John Boehner said Wednesday.

"It's just more of the same," House Republican Leader Eric Cantor told Fox News.

Cantor and others accused the president of once again "kicking the can" on the debt crisis -- and further, they claimed that after the fiscal-crisis deal yielded a tax rate increase on top earners, Obama and his Democratic allies are trying to squeeze in more tax hikes in lieu of spending cuts.

Republicans also want to replace the indiscriminate spending cuts set to hit March 1. But they want to replace them with other spending cuts."

Read more: link to source

We HAD a tax hike in January; it's time for the spending cuts without the tax hike this time. Democrats should come back with a comprehensive set of CUTS, then they can be negotiated. Otherwise, let the sequester hit and have a separate bill for every different agency expenditure. There should be a line-item veto for the President.

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teacher_tim Champion Author Maryland Posts:15,747 Points:745,535 Joined:May 2004	Message Posted: Feb 15, 2013 9:51:26 AM Ignore teacher_tim Report Abuse Direction of Country RCP Average: 37.2% Right Direction, 56.0% Wrong Direction
AFSNCO Champion Author Montgomery Posts:14,739 Points:1,292,185 Joined:Aug 2008	Message Posted: Feb 14, 2013 10:35:06 AM Ignore AFSNCO Report Abuse "You mean like they did with the first fiscal cliff?" Exactly because Obama has no intentions of making any spending cuts. No matter how you look at it the Republicans had the interest in the country in their minds more than Obama or any Democrat because they were willing to let the country go over the fiscal cliff for the sake of not cutting any spending. Our country has a credit problem and Obama is a madman with the credit card just spending, spending, spending.
teacher_tim Champion Author Maryland Posts:15,747 Points:745,535 Joined:May 2004	Message Posted: Feb 13, 2013 11:29:38 PM Ignore teacher_tim Report Abuse Time for some cuts WITHOUT more tax or spending increases, but did Boehner call it with "Obama doesn't have the guts to counter his base"? [Edited by: teacher_tim at 2/13/2013 11:30:03 PM EST]
EZExit Champion Author Phoenix Posts:10,457 Points:1,709,605 Joined:Aug 2008	Message Posted: Feb 11, 2013 10:36:20 PM Ignore EZExit Report Abuse worry: <<<"You mean like they did with the first fiscal cliff?">>> ********* Exactly! republicans rolled over, Obama got his tax increases, without any spending cuts. No guts to make the tough decisions.
worryfree Champion Author Twin Cities Posts:23,865 Points:1,869,775 Joined:Oct 2005	Message Posted: Feb 11, 2013 10:27:16 PM Ignore worryfree Report Abuse You mean like they did with the first fiscal cliff?
EZExit Champion Author Phoenix Posts:10,457 Points:1,709,605 Joined:Aug 2008	Message Posted: Feb 11, 2013 10:00:46 PM Ignore EZExit Report Abuse The republicans have absolutely nothing to complain about. Obama stance on tax and spend has always been there, that has always been his past behavior, so why would they think that he would suddenly change now? If the republicans have any cajones, and they want to do what would be best for the country, they would just let the automatic spending cuts occur, and even then, these spending "cuts" are just slowing down the increases to spending, not lowering anything.
teacher_tim Champion Author Maryland Posts:15,747 Points:745,535 Joined:May 2004	Message Posted: Feb 11, 2013 3:30:46 PM Ignore teacher_tim Report Abuse The first step to getting spending controlled: "Hello, my name is Barack and I'm a spendaholic." "[Hello Barack]" "It's been three days since my last tax increase..."
AFSNCO Champion Author Montgomery Posts:14,739 Points:1,292,185 Joined:Aug 2008	Message Posted: Feb 11, 2013 2:04:16 PM Ignore AFSNCO Report Abuse But....but...but....we don't have a spending problem! LOL...
Bell30012 Champion Author Atlanta Posts:3,928 Points:616,765 Joined:Aug 2004	Message Posted: Feb 11, 2013 1:49:33 PM Ignore Bell30012 Report Abuse The Democrats and President Obama seem to be a little short on the give part of negotiating. This time the Republicans are in the better seat. President Obama won and got his tax increases with no spending cuts. Now spending cuts with no tax increases are coming and he wasn't it stopped.
teacher_tim Champion Author Maryland Posts:15,747 Points:745,535 Joined:May 2004	Message Posted: Feb 11, 2013 1:36:26 PM Ignore teacher_tim Report Abuse "Has Congress done anything yet?" You mean like the Senate passing a budget?!! It would seem that Obama-ites are so fascinated with Bush that they are trying to "out-Bush" him. Bush condoned torture; we condone murdering Americans with drones. Bush had deficits; Chump change! WE can REALLY rack them up. Bush started a recession; we can keep it going longer than ANY recession EVER!
101Speedster Champion Author Ventura Posts:30,423 Points:2,717,645 Joined:May 2005	Message Posted: Feb 11, 2013 12:32:05 PM Ignore 101Speedster Report Abuse Has Congress done anything yet?
101Speedster Champion Author Ventura Posts:30,423 Points:2,717,645 Joined:May 2005	Message Posted: Feb 8, 2013 2:18:58 PM Ignore 101Speedster Report Abuse Countdown until sequester: 20 days.
teacher_tim Champion Author Maryland Posts:15,747 Points:745,535 Joined:May 2004	Message Posted: Feb 8, 2013 2:15:37 PM Ignore teacher_tim Report Abuse And judging by the lack of defense by Dems/Libs here, rightfully so.