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Darsan54
said, 3 months ago
The only problem here is Republicans are actually to blame. They thought up and passed the sequestor and now they are the ones avoiding any solution and ducking the responsibility.
This really isn’t the Democrats’ fault and it is the Republicans.
Let the trolling begin !!!!!!!
capndunzzl said, 3 months ago
…we tax payers will…as usual.
ConserveGov said, 3 months ago
@Darsan54
You do know your boy Barry signed it into law, right?
This is like a drug addict signing a promissory note that he will be clean by next year or else he will go to jail. Well, the addict doesn’t want to give up his drug (spending) so now Barry doesn’t care who it hurts as long as he gets his fix.
Michael wme said, 3 months ago
@capndunzzl
I believe (Toles doesn’t say so explicitly) that this is about the sequester, the one thing for which the TAXPAYER will NOT pay.
Radish
said, 3 months ago
Both the White House and Congress, Democrats and Republicans, signed off on the agreement leading to the sequester.
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House Republicans insisted on spending cuts before increasing the debt limit. This was a notable change from the past, when members of Congress from both parties would pass debt ceiling increases with relatively little fuss.
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It was Obama’s idea, but Republicans agreed to it and provided key support.
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The Obama team thought there was “no chance” Republicans would allow defense cuts to happen, while Boehner said Democrats would cave to save domestic programs. Woodward quotes Boehner predicting the sequester “is never going to happen.”
Republicans have repeatedly said the sequester was Obama’s idea, but they supported it early on and provided the votes needed to put it into law.
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The prevailing — stated — opinion in both parties is “Sequestration: bad.”
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“A sizable number of members of Congress want a sequester; the overwhelming majority of them are House Republicans who believe that this is the best way to get a down payment on spending cuts, and don’t believe (or care) that national security might be at risk. They also are convinced that these cuts won’t affect any real services, in part because they really believe that most government is wrongheaded, irrelevant or just waste and fraud. …,” Ornstein said. “Very few Democrats want a sequester; a few think it will backfire on Republicans, and so are secretly happy. But most would much prefer a deal to avoid it.”
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http://www.politifact.com/georgia/article/2013/feb/22/politifacts-guide-sequestration/
Night-Gaunt49 said, 3 months ago
The Teapubicans like the Sequester, they want it to happen. They are crazy like that.
zoidknight said, 3 months ago
@Darsan54
How? They keep passing budgets, Obama and the democrats either block them or ignore them.
zoidknight said, 3 months ago
@Night-Gaunt49
Do you even pay ANY attention to what is really going on.
zoidknight said, 3 months ago
@Radish
Of course they think it will backfire, they do not think anyone is paying attention to the fact that the democrats have not passed a budget in 4 years and are the ones blocking any balanced budgets.
Ms. Ima said, 3 months ago
O was saying how he supported the sequester before he opposed the sequester.
ARodney said, 3 months ago
The president puts out budgets too, and the Republicans ignore those. I don’t know why the Republicans’ budgets should magically be valid (they don’t balance the deficit, give massive tax breaks to the rich, and are hugely cruel to the poor) while you pretend that the president’s doesn’t exist.
Omnius said, 3 months ago
@ConserveGov
Do you know conservative boy that it was your party who pushed us to the brink of financial disaster in August 2011 and this sequester is all your fault.
Omnius said, 3 months ago
@zoidknight
Hey ‘roidknight – the budgets your party passes are worth as much as what you pass into the toilet each day. Your party doesn’t pass any budgets Obama and the Dems put up.
Omnius said, 3 months ago
@Ms. Ima
Little Miss Ima supported the sequester before she now cries about it.
Omnius said, 3 months ago
The sequester is the fault of those deadbeat tea baggers who are trying to destroy our country with their wicked selfish ways.