tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post4397113587300131069..comments2024-03-28T10:49:14.510-05:00Comments on Horizons: On to the next roundNancy LeTourneauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12614317154146836694noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-10872244923627774782013-01-02T18:13:34.751-06:002013-01-02T18:13:34.751-06:00Or perhaps I would just prefer not to show our lov...Or perhaps I would just prefer not to show our love for the Pentagon by watching our defense spending leave us with nothing to defend.<br /><br />We live in a country that wants to label Ronald Reagan a genius for causing the Soviet Union to meet its demise (or at least accelerate the process) by getting them to spend themselves into oblivion by way of an arms race, but we refuse to acknowledge that we're doing the same thing to ourselves today.<br />lockewasrightnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-75199196501558652942013-01-02T15:42:41.076-06:002013-01-02T15:42:41.076-06:00The two month delay is primarily paid for by allow...The two month delay is primarily paid for by allowing a long term tax break/short term revenue grab to those who want to convert their traditional IRAs into Roth IRAs.<br /><br />It doesn't take much money to move the ball 60 days forward. It only applies until Feb/March.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-67396426119344299232013-01-02T15:39:16.525-06:002013-01-02T15:39:16.525-06:00When it comes to the debt ceiling, nope...not goin...<i>When it comes to the debt ceiling, nope...not going there.</i><br /><br />Which is plainly untrue, it just won't be framed as such. There's a reason why the sequester was timed to exactly the same time as the Treasury's extraordinary powers run aground. They are ABSOLUTELY negotiating on the debt ceiling.<br /><br />Which isn't a problem. This president is now in permanent campaign mode. Each new hard deadline is actually a gift, because that just gives him another opportunity to stump for higher taxes on the 1% and a "fairness economy." He's the Occupy Wall Street president.<br /><br />...Oh wait, I mean he's a moderate Republican. Yes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-60197463110055584092013-01-02T15:35:29.765-06:002013-01-02T15:35:29.765-06:00Doesn't the deal specify that 1/2 of the defic...Doesn't the deal specify that 1/2 of the deficit reduction has to come from new revenue? So then the rest is a quarter from defense and a quarter from public programs? Am I wrong about that?Mikerayinberkeleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06679746314470443830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-51191216731206664442013-01-02T15:34:33.192-06:002013-01-02T15:34:33.192-06:00The sequester represents a 9-10% cut across most e...The sequester represents a 9-10% cut across most every department in most every sector of government. Unless you think the State Department (Benghazi security), the former MMS (Deepwater Horizon), etc. were being properly funded beforehand, you can see why this may pose problems.<br /><br />Unless you just hate the Pentagon so very much, you shouldn't be disheartened to watch both sides try to back out of their devil's compact.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-45608731323987398702013-01-02T13:25:05.904-06:002013-01-02T13:25:05.904-06:00My concern is how much leverage Obama has over the...My concern is how much leverage Obama has over the upcoming debt ceiling negotiations. While I think he made a good deal to avert the fiscal cliff, I'm not sure how he won't have to compromise more than he'd like despite what he says. Even Harry Reid feels the president gave away his leverage on the debt ceiling. Hope he's wrong. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-6171802021984167582013-01-02T12:46:25.468-06:002013-01-02T12:46:25.468-06:00Hehehehe.Hehehehe.Tien Lenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-86541861903806667262013-01-02T10:51:24.523-06:002013-01-02T10:51:24.523-06:00See, Tien Le? See??
You can't even HELP it. ...See, Tien Le? See??<br /><br />You can't even HELP it. :-)<br /><br />And, don't. PLEASE!!!Blackmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-21026412299543939472013-01-02T10:34:25.072-06:002013-01-02T10:34:25.072-06:00Good question, especially now that, as Deaniac poi...Good question, especially now that, as Deaniac pointed out, the sequester is no longer coupled to the tax increases. With the tax issue out of the way and the middle class protected the whole sequester is about cutting spending, mostly to things the Dems are perfectly comfortable cutting. I should imagine, however, that the President is perfectly comfortable with the emo crowd bellyaching because he can point to them and say, "See, the Left if furious about these spending cuts, so I'm giving up a lot here." He is well schooled in how to take advantage of the whiner brigade's all-too-predictable tirades. It's kinda fun to watch, actually. They are being played just as badly as the GOP at this point. I'm thinking now that that is what the whole chained CPI trial balloon was all about--to get the left riled.Tien Lenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-29237838384659487182013-01-02T09:12:10.037-06:002013-01-02T09:12:10.037-06:00I don't see what in the sequester is supposed ...I don't see what in the sequester is supposed to be so scary to the president or the left. Isn't it just defense cuts and cuts to the safety net that aren't permitted to impact benefits? Where is the leverage that the right thinks they'll have and that the Dkosers are sure will amount to the end of the world?lockewasrightnoreply@blogger.com