I’m sitting here watching TV and there’s the Celebrity in Chief flapping his gums about how the sequester is all the Republicans fault just like everything else is. He blames the Republicans for not wanting to raise taxes, but he doesn’t say that they just raised taxes. In fact, if you remember, Ronald Reagan agreed to tax increases and the Democrats promised $3 in cuts for every $1 in new taxes… He’s still waiting for those cuts to happen. George Bush raised taxes and the Democrats promised $2 in cuts for every $1 in new taxes. We’re stil waiting for the cuts to happen.. Twice the Democrats have promised cuts, and twice they’ve lied to all of us. If the Republicans are STUPID enough to do the same thing again, then there’s no hope for the country at all.
When Obama says “we’ve already cut 2.5 Trillion from the deficit” thats a lie. What he’s done is cut 2.5 trillion in projected growth ie: increased spending that won’t happen. It’s all baseline accounting and thats like me saying to the bank “I was going to borrow $50,000 but now I’m only going to borrow $40,000.. and I’ve made $10,000 in cost saving cuts”. It’s all bullshit.. I would still be going $40,000 more in debt and not doing a thing to decrease what I already owe the bank. In this case, the bank is CHINA and the taxpayers in the U.S.
Obama has the option to determine where the sequester cuts are made and would rather demonize the Republicans and try and destroy them, rather than do whats right for the country. The DO NOTHING Republican congress had passed two measures to deal with the sequester and they died in the Senate.. as does everything they pass and send to Harry Reid’s kingdom.
If you want to know how we got here… try asking Harry Reid and the Democratic controlled Senate why they are still violating the law and haven’t passed a budget in 4 years. FOUR YEARS WITHOUT A BUDGET!!! Are you friggin kidding me? We pay them lots of money to NOT DO THEIR JOBS! Stop blaming the House where they’ve passed budgets and measures to help the economy and every time, they die in the SENATE!
This administration is like a bunch of KEYSTONE COPS… they have no idea what they’re doing and don’t understand economics or how to govern. They only know how to campaign, smear, lie, and follow Saul Alinsky’s Rules for Radicals to manipulate the willing press and the american people while moving this country even further to “state control” over our lives.
I used to be a Republican.. NO LONGER! I am a libertarian and I will support politicians that want less government control over our lives and are willing to govern by the Constitution. Look at this picture below to see how it really is laid out. The Republicans are on the right just a bit more towards the constitution than the democrats who are closer to total state control over you life. On the far left is Anarchy.. no Government at all.. then going right is the Constitution and Libertarians. Most americans are on the left panel where they want freedom from the government.
Some info to backup what I said about the House trying to take action long before today!
From the speaker: http://www.majorityleader.gov/Sequester/reconciliation.pdf
And a quick list of the what the Republican House Tried to do:
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House Actions
On May 10, 2012, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 5652 the “Sequester Replacement Reconciliation Act of 2012” This bill would replace the across-the board cuts that would devastate our military and other domestic programs such as law enforcement with common-sense reforms to mandatory spending. SEE THE FULL VOTE RECORD »
On May 17, 2012, the House of Representatives passes the Rigell Amendment to the National Defense Authorization Bill that would eliminate the pending sequester of discretionary spending for fiscal year 2013 contingent upon the enactment of spending reductions over five years of at least the amount of the sequester it supplants and also requires a detailed report on the impact of the sequestration of funds authorized and appropriated for Fiscal Year 2013 for the Department of Defense. SEE THE FULL VOTE RECORD »
On July 13, 2012, Speaker Boehner, Majority Leader Cantor, Senator McConnell, and Senator Kyl sent a letter to President Obama offering to work together on a solution. READ THE FULL LETTER »
On August 1, 2012, House Leaders tell Sen. Reid that the House will return in August if the Senate votes to stop all the tax hikes and defense cuts. READ THE FULL LETTER »
On September 13, 2012, the House passed H.R. 6365, the National Security & Job Protection Act, in a 223-196 vote. READ THE SUMMARY »
On December 20, 2012, the House passed H.R. 6684, the Spending Reduction Act, in a 215-209-1 vote. LEARN MORE »