Obama Tells Super Committee To ‘Bite The Bullet’

One little problem. Given the fact that Congress has high salaries, benefits, and perks that according to a recent expose include an ability to engage in insider trading without threat of legal punishment and recent statements from high places that the military should be exempted from cuts and painfully obvious efforts by both the GOP and the democrats to protect their wealthy donors’ bank accounts, its pretty easy to see who is actually going to be biting the bullet; those with the little or no defense will be the only ones “biting the bullet” when all is said and done.

Posted by: Neil Staudinger | November 14, 2011, 7:32 am 7:32 am

There is no magic Hope and Change money tree.

In a civilized society, there is no economic rationale to support the current reality where 51% of American taxpayers pay no federal income taxes yet enjoy federal benefits disproportionately compared to the wealthy who subsidize them. Everyone must pay something, even the poor. No freeloaders.

“Everybody has got to make some sacrifices, everybody’s gotta take a haircut.” – President Barack Obama, April 5, 2011

Did you get that, Neil? Everybody. That means you, too.

This Stupid Committee is useless; they need to be debating jobs programs not the meaningless debt and deficit. Nothing is going to happen except the triggered cuts that will put thousands of more Americans out of work.

Worry about the debt when we’re in good economic times not now. We are not Greece and Italy. They borrow (sell bonds) at a 7% interest rate, ours is less than 2%. We are the biggest market in the world; countries that export to us sure as hell aren’t worried about our deficit.

Republicans complain about the President not leading Congress (by the way, they think he’s a dictator). It’s not his job to lead Congress, Congress needs to lead Congress. The President leads the American people. If Congress is grid locked because of the confederacy of dunces tea party they need to own up to it. They delay and obstruct over the deficit, which will not see any results, even if they by some miracle reach agreement, until 10 or 20 years from now. The American people need something done about the lack of jobs now. Why don’t they do the obvious and try to stop the out-sourcing which has cost us millions of jobs already. Could it be if they take that cheap labor market away from the corporations the donations, insider stock trades, and other perks will dry up?

CHUCK– the 51% that don’t pay taxes ARE POOR. We have to solve the question of WHY are they poor? Because they’re lazy? Some are. Most are working people who did the right things but simply are not getting paid enough by their employers.

BARB

The debate the other night shows the republican lack of understanding the American people. President Obama has never served in the military, but is actions show he takes it very seriously when he has to put American soldiers in harms way. He doesn’t do it just to show we’re tough. He understands the devastation a soldiers death cause to that family.

These republican candidates talk tough for political purposes and can’t understand that when the President of the United States runs around with his hair on fire, soldiers can die. Didn’t they learn anything from Iraq? As an ex-military man I wouldn’t want my life or my comrades life put on the line because some politician what to stand on his head to act tough for a few votes.

“Those so-called “freeloaders” as you put it DO pay something. Just not federal taxes.”

Posted by: Searambler | November 14, 2011, 10:50 am 10:50 am

Totally irrelevant. Interstate highways are paid for with federal income taxes. If you drive on them and you’re not paying for them, you’re a freeloader. In fact, if you use ANY federal services paid for by federal income taxes and you don’t personally pay any federal income taxes yourself, you’re a freeloader. Period.

The Affordable Health Care Act would make everybody pay something for their health care. Now if you republicans are so worried about people freeloading why don’t you support this bill? You can’t have it both ways. The only reason you don’t is because it was supported by President Obama. Quit being so narrow minded you can’t see what is good and bad

“No matter what he does they slam him and have from day one. And since he’s such a bad president, who are the GOP running against him? Clowns. What a circus. This is the BEST they have?”

Posted by: Barb

Don’t slam a president on day one. Slam him a full year before he even gets elected. Like Barb.

Then explain to me what they are worried about. They are worried about Americans not having jobs and the money to buy their products. You republicans can go on and on about this deficit, which won’t be significantly lowered for 5 to 10 years out, until hell freezes over. Lowering the deficit is not going to get us out of this recession now. Spending will.

There are so called Groups that also hide behind the Church clause, to obtain not paying federal tax and local taxes. which all of these groups as American, should help with the aid of the Country at this time. In which They So Desire to Live In. If this is one nation Congress and those high salaries, benefits, and perks that according to a recent expose include an ability to engage in insider trading without threat of legal punishment in the Government that in which have so many perks need to feel where we are at with also contributing. As the Federal Deficit is getting higher. where are the jobs. two years unemployed I have lost to much, and need and would like to work if I get a job, until I die which ever comes first. shame on all of you that COULD Make that difference. Shame Shame working in America must suck that You have nothing to show, Oh but the sand Box that you play in.

“The head of China’s biggest ratings agency, Dagong Global Credit Rating, is warning that it may downgrade the US’s sovereign debt rating”

He said that two days ago. Please add that to your working knowledge of things-China-is-worried-about.

Here’s another clue. The US is not Greece. Illinois is Greece. Michigan is Italy.

President Obama has never served in the military, but is actions show he takes it very seriously when he has to put American soldiers in harms way. He doesn’t do it just to show we’re tough. He understands the devastation a soldiers death cause to that family.
Posted by: tmferretti | November 14, 2011, 10:33 am 10:33 am

Bull.
630 American soldiers died in the Afghanistan operation in the years 2001 through 2008, when Mr. Bush was president, while 1097 American soldiers have died in the years 2009, 2010, and 2011. This report was in August, so there are more.

Obama rules of engagement:

McChrystal: Imposing restrictions that play into enemies’ hands.
* If any civilians appear where we meet the Taliban, our troops are to “break contact” — to retreat.
* Unless our troops in combat are absolutely certain that no civilians are present, they’re denied artillery or air support.

Others:
No night or surprise searches
Villagers are to be warned prior to searches
Afghan National Army, or ANA, or Afghan National Police, or ANP, must accompany U.S. units on searches
U.S. soldiers may not fire at insurgents unless they are preparing to fire first
U.S. forces cannot engage insurgents if civilians are present
Only women can search women
can fire on insurgents if they catch them placing an IED but not if insurgents walk away from where the explosives are.

He is getting US soldiers KILLED. And the media, which HOWLED when Bush was in, are SILENT.

“We can argue all we want, but the United States is not going down the tubes because of this deficit. ”

You mean debt. And we are already in the tubes. And we are being ‘led’ by thieves and weasels.

“It’s time we started to act like the United States of America instead of some third world country.”

instead of some marxist-fascist-statist country.

FOGGY and DEADWRESTLER

I disagree; we are not a nation in decline. We are still the strongest nation in the world both economically and militarily. We can buy into this notion that we should settle for third world status (as the corporations want for a cheap labor market) or we can get to work and do something instead of focusing on the distraction of the deficit.

90% of Americans say the biggest issue is jobs, and they are absolutely correct. If we can get the economy moving again and the unemployment rate down to 3 or 4 % the debt and deficit will be a non-starter.

We need to quit cringing every time the Chinese and Europeans f–rt. Moodys downgraded our bonds, the world hardly took notice and our economy actually grew a little and the unemployment rate went down slightly.

Americans are the ones that drive the world economy, we need to debate jobs, instead of fiddling around doing nothing debating the meaningless debt and deficit, and we should start with out-sourcing that has cost us more jobs than anything else. We can settle for a lower standard of living hence low wages and bring those jobs back. Not me, we need to penalize companies that out-source period.

SNEWSOM2997

Yes, I saw Granholm too. Your right she did everything she could to make Electrolux stay except one thing. She could have said, if she were the Federal government, “ok if you won’t accept the tax breaks and other incentives I gave you. I’ll tax the hell out of you and make sure none of your products come into this country without a stiff tariff” I’ll bet that would have got their attention.

I’m not willing to work for a 1.57 an hour and I’m just guessing not many other Americans would either. The corporations have demonized the unions, the government and now they’re trying to convince the middle class we should become a third world country. This is even better for them; it will save them the cost of relocation and ensure a cheap labor pool.

The audacity of STUPIDITY by his majesty.

Obama told a group of CEOs today that the United States has gotten “lazy” and that America lost its hunger in promoting itself in a global marketplace.
“We’ve been a little bit lazy over the last couple of decades. We’ve kind of taken for granted — ‘Well, people would want to come here’ — and we aren’t out there hungry, selling America and trying to attract new businesses into America,” he told the CEOs who are gathered on the sidelines of the annual Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meetings, which the United States is hosting this year in Hawaii..

LETS ALL HOPE IDIOT OBAMA’s supporters get lazy and stay home on election day in November 2012 !!