From a commenter on the Huffington Post, this is one of the most spot-on descriptions of the financial terrorism Republicans have wrought on us for the past 12 years:
Contrary to GOP ideals, the GOP love to spend. The GOP spend as much as Democrats when the GOP is in power. They give tax cuts and run up deficits while spending continues. Bush literally gave out checks! Wiped out huge budget surpluses, essentially fleecing the government. Presumably to put smiles on people's faces so they'll vote GOP.
When Democrats are in power, GOP preaches fiscal responsibility and demand spending cuts while keeping taxes the same. It was the GOP that put us in this financial mess. This would invariably hurt recovery out of a recession. Demanding austerity to inflict pain so people will be dissatisfied with Democrats. Of course the GOP wants the sequestration to go through. Obama will ultimately take the blame when the economy tanks. Last thing GOP wants is a successful Democratic administration that takes us to economic prosperity. GOP is ever more desperate to bring the government to a grinding halt after taking a beating last November. The sole purpose of any political party is to win. GOP is willing to manufacture a failure of economic policy, even financial disaster, to thwart Obama's success.
It's a shame that there is no politician on our side willing to reinforce this claim with the kind of clarity this statement makes.
Even when there are those few who challenge the beltway norm, they rarely get the message out as succinctly as this.
Republicans are terrorists, plain and simple. We could beat around the bush, be polite about it, and try to think from their side's point of view. Main stream media attempts that daily. The truth of the matter is that there is no politeness or concilliatory stance on their end. They wish for nothing more than to lie to the body electorate while fleecing us and lining their own pockets.
Here's hoping the sequester goes through and the Republicans are villified anew. It will be painful, but they've given the country no choice and will not accept compromise. They should be punished - and anyone who agrees with their framework of thought should be reminded once again (even though they'll never buy it) that the country as a whole does not subscribe to their loser philosophy.