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Originally Posted by honeychile
It's hard for me to believe that there's not a real, grownup economist that can't fix this hot mess without mixing it up with the politicos.
I keep thinking about the movie Dave.
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Originally Posted by KDMafia
I think the other difference is that Reid's plan does not touch any so called "entitlements" aka medicare and Social Secruity while Boehner's plan requires that the second vote on the Debt Ceiling, which would conveniently happen during election session would consist of over a trillion dollars for cuts from these entitlements and they would be decided by a panel.
Personally, I hate when bills like this are used by either side to further an ideological agenda. The debt has been growing for 10+ years and we are not going to be able to get it under control when both parties feel like they have a gun to their head. Pass the debt ceiling and work on the deficit slowly through appriopriate budgets, Also, work to lift the economy to increase tax revenue, draw down on Wars and then cut the defense budget and let the tax cuts expire and a lot will take care of itself.
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But then they won't be able to blame the other party and get POWER.
They are acting like two year olds. We know they aren't going to let the country go into default.