https://redstate.com/erick/2011/11/22/the-super-committee-failed-the-day-it-was-created/feed/Conservative News & Politicsen-usFri, 12 Jun 2026 06:10:01 -0400<![CDATA[The Super Committee has failed to find a way to trim $1.2 trillion from the deficit. The fact is, though, the Super Committee was a failure from the moment it was conceived. Congress, both Democrats and Republicans, could not control itself. So it punted its failures to a Super Committee and even the threat of massive defense cuts could not prompt Congress to kick its spending addiction.Now, some members of Congress are even saying &#8220;to hell with the defense cuts. We&#8217;ll stop those cuts.&#8221; Of course.But it was all a bunch of smoke and mirrors for one simple reason.]]>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 04:46:00 -0500<![CDATA[Erick Erickson]]>https://redstate.com/erick/2011/11/22/the-super-committee-failed-the-day-it-was-created-n41251