On Redstate Erick is up in arms over debt deal. http://www.redstate.com/...
This week, whether you listened to Rush, Sean, Mark, or even me filling in for Boortz, we’ve been telling you so. This whole farce in Washington is a way to get more tax revenue from you and despite public pronouncements from the Republicans that they were holding the line on tax revenue they were either (A) complicit behind the scenes or (B) going to get played.
We were right.
What we know about the pending deal is that the Democrats and Republicans are agreeing to a Deficit Commission. Despite the media spin — and the spin of some Republican sycophants — the deficit commission, which will be a super committee of the Congress, will have the power to come up with new tax revenue.
And if the Congress rejects the Commission’s demands for new tax revenue, there will be a trigger that cuts both medicare funding and defense funding.
Except, the defense funding cuts will be much more massive than the medicare cuts. And the GOP, in addition to seeing defense cut, would be hacking off seniors right before an election.
In other words, Republican Leaders are asking their members to accept tax increases or massive defense cuts and senior anger right before the election. Oh, and the medicare cuts technically wouldn’t come from beneficiaries, but from providers. Those same providers who’ll just stop taking medicare patients.
This potential deal have both left and right upset. It seems Erick is upset because A) We can sneak in taxes later. B) Cuts to Medicare won't be severe, but defense will be slashed. C) If there are cuts it won't touch beneficiaries, only providers. I would assume the middle will probably go for it. I'm mentally drain and will probably have an opinion in a couple of days. I would like to see an official deal, instead of "unnamed sources". I do not like to form a conclusion based on my anger, that solve nothing.