Ignore the FACTS JACK ! I know you want to ................
Originally Posted by Whirlaway
No, a Boehner power point presentation from 2011 has come to light that shows he was pushing the sequester idea to his caucus even if it wasn't his (and it may have been). Remember, the Congress couldn't agree on a Grand deal so they kicked the can down the road and put the sequester in place (because it was supposedly horrific to both sides to get them to do what's right next time) to ensure they would act next time. Of course Obama was in favor of it if he couldn't get a grand deal (the House wouldn't do its job) when Boehner walked away from the table (blaming Obama of course, but probably because his caucus would not support the Grand deal he negotiated).
http://www.politicususa.com/faced-evidence-sequester-idea-boehner-blames-obama.html
The Republicans were the ones pushing for budget cuts, but if you're going to have to do them, the sequester is a clever way to do it. It may be the only way to ever get control of the defense budget. It won't slash it enough, but at least it's a start.
But the economy taking a dive because we cut the budget is impossible!! Remember, government spending doesn't create jobs or ever help the economy. That's what you stupid assholes said during the stimulus.
Originally Posted by TexTushHog
Even the Repubs and the right have said the sequester is STUPID cuts, but apparently they now prefer stupid cuts to compromise and are content to tank the recovery and take the blame. The sequester is only "clever" if it gets Congress to do its job and it is looking like it won't. Sad, but OK, they may lose the House in 2014 and have less than 40 seats in the Senate after that election so the Dems can recover the economy and keep the right out of power for a generation. Call it the reverse revenge of Karl Rove LOL.
I can understand why you don't address the Bob Woodward statements............
Originally Posted by Whirlaway
Because they really don't matter much. Whether it originated with Obama himself or just in the White House (where he might or might not have been 100% aware that the suggestion was from his staff) it was Congress that took it and ran with it (Boehner said he got 98% of what he wanted) put it in a bill because they couldn't or wouldn't address the main problem at the time. They then passed it for the President to sign, period. As Hillary said, "Who cares?" because Woodward even agreed that sequestration wasn’t intended to actually happen when he said, “No one thought it would happen. The idea was to design something … that was so onerous that no one would ever let it happen. Of course, it did, because they couldn’t reach agreement,” he said. “They all believed that the super committee was going to come up with a $1.2 trillion deficit-reduction plan, so there would be no sequestration. Of course, the super committee failed and so the trigger went off, which has all of these very Draconian cuts.”
All the rest is petty details. Almost everyone else agrees that they are "stupid" cuts so it is pretty obvious that the "stupid party" (Jindahl's words not mine) is the one that will get the blame for tanking the recovery and possibly the economy. Too bad, but if that is the case 2014 will deal with the rest of the Tea Party idiots and other reactionaries who refuse to govern or deal with facts and the obvious.