Well folks, I was just wondering if you're feeling that knife going into your back? Again? If you don't, you should, because rumor has it that a group of our stellar Republican senators is now apparently "open to $600 Billion in revenue" in order to reach a 'deal' with the White House regarding the debt ceiling limit later this fall. At least that's what's being reported by the National Journal. Now I'm pretty sure that we're all smart enough to figure out that when these scumbags say 'revenue, what they really mean is higher taxes. And aren't taxes really high enough already?
Anyway, it would seem that in recent weeks, those who make up our usual suspects among the ranks of GOP Senators, you know the ones, John McCain, Kelly Ayotte, Saxby Chambliss, Johnny Isakson, Bob Corker, Lindsey Graham, John Hoeven and Richard Burr, have attended at least four meetings with top Barry "Almighty" aides, engaging in preliminary talks over how to raise the debt ceiling. So once again we have the equivalent of some idiotic 'gang' essentially conspiring against "We the People". And is that really why we send them to Washington?
According to 'Dick' Burr, Republicans are said to be open to $600 Billion in revenue, but "want to see it come from a mix of entitlement and tax reform," again as reported by the National Journal. And strangely enough, all the senators reported to be in the meetings have signed the Americans for Tax Reform pledge to not raise taxes, except for Sen. Hoeven. The pledge states that the senator must oppose all tax rate increases and any net reduction or elimination of deductions and credits—unless accompanied by cuts in rates. So they were just lying to us when they signed that pledge?
As mindboggling as it may sound, the U.S. is expected to once again slam headlong into its borrowing limit of $16.699 Trillion later this year. Congress and the president must agree on a deal to raise that debt ceiling, and the sides remain far apart. The White House is still insisting on the offer it made in December to avert the fiscal cliff, which included tax hikes of $600 billion and $400 billion in cuts to Medicare. Personally, I don't give a squat what our thug-in-chief is insisting upon. He's has already got his tax hikes. Now is the time for spending cuts. And not simply cuts in future growth, real cuts!
On Tuesday, everybody's favorite spineless Speaker repeated his position that any increase in the debt ceiling should be matched with spending cuts. Boehner said, "We all know that we’ve got the issue of the debt ceiling coming up this fall," he said. "We’re not going to raise the debt ceiling without real cuts in spending." He went on to say, "It’s as simple as that." Well, it just never quite turns out to be that simple. And how many times have we heard this guy tell us one thing to our face, only to have him, once behind closed doors, say something quite different? Too many to count!
President Obama already secured tax increases on Americans earning more than $400,000 per year, as part of the fiscal cliff deal in January, which raised tax rates for top earners from 35 percent to 39.6 percent. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, another guy that I'm none too fond of, is reportedly "encouraging the conversations" between some of his Republican members and the White House in hopes of striking some big deal. The only thing that is likely to come out of these "conversations" is nothing more than another big fat concession from the Republicans! And they're too STUPID to see it!
RINO McCain said, "My hopes are that we could agree on what the deficit is and then begin formal negotiations with the White House." Adding, "There are already a lot of informal conversations going on." And Burr said something that about the dumbest thing I've heard ins quite some time. He said, "You can’t accomplish big things in Washington without a level of trust between both parties." He then went on to say, "That’s in the process of trying to be rebuilt." That these guys have the nerve to call themselves conservatives makes me wanne puke! No wonder we keep getting screwed!
And then it was back in February, during talks about the then-looming sequester, that that bonehead RINO Lindsey 'The Dumb Ass' Graham actually said, "I'm willing to raise revenue. I'm willing to raise $600 Billion of new revenue if my Democratic friends would be willing to reform entitlements." Lindsey, Lindsey, Lindsey, you really do need to get your head outta your ass. Democrat friends? Just how naïve, or is it stupid, are you? Yes folks, I think it is way past the time for old Lindsey to finally be put out to pasture, and into the home, somewhere, for senile old RINOs!
Now look, in the big scheme of things, what, or where, is $600 Billion in supposed 'revenue' really going to get us? Especially when we're talking about a $16.99 Trillion debt. All that is going to succeed in doing is to take even more cash out of circulation. And anyway, what is that, like 3 percent? That's laughable. And it's made all the more laughable when you consider the fact that Barry and the Democrats will never agree to any level of spending cuts, no matter how minute. Wasn't that the reason we ended up with the dreaded sequester? Look, for the same reason that there should be no immigration reform without there first being border security, there should be no further tax hikes without there first being made some pretty sizable spending cuts. END OF FREAKIN STORY!
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