The debt ceiling plans are all imperfect and contraversial. I have a simple solution. Retun to 2006 spending levels plus 3% inflation. This is simple, take spending EVERY account and reset them to 2006 levels, plus a 3% increase per year. Every line item of funding for every agency. Including for congress, and including federal pay. This would result in cutting total government spending to | Read More »
In 1992 Clinton’s theme was “it’s the economy, stupid.” Well, in this debt ceiling debate, for the GOP, we need to realize that it call comes down to 2012. Obama is NOT going to sign an extension of the Bush tax cuts during his second term. Only with a new president in 2012 will that happen. Obama is NOT going to make significant entitlement reform. | Read More »
Senator McConnell is one of the vew people involved in this dept discussion who is actually working to cut spending and keep taxes from going up. This is not true of the Democrats, and it is not true of Eric Cantor and the supposed tea partiers. As someone who considered myself a tea partier, until the tea party started arguing to not raise the debt | Read More »
The GOP has a chance to win big in the dept ceiling negotiations; and likewise, a chance to ruin their election chances in 2012 if they screw up. They keys to victory are: (1) do not raise the taxes people pay, (2) compromise, (3) help 2012 election chances. The solution is simple. The GOP should push for a deal on the following terms: 1. Spending | Read More »
First, the GOP looks to be doing better-than-expected this election. Currently, the GOP has a good chance of hanging on to as many as 46 seats in the Senate. This would put the GOP in a similar situation as the Dems in 2004; still able to block many things. Second, it appears that conservatives have done very well on ballot amendments, including bans on gay | Read More »
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