‘Supercommittee’ Draws to a ‘Disappointing’ Close, Members Still Searching for Deal

The failure of the supercommittee is the ONLY way the Bush Tax Cuts for the wealthy will expire. After this happens, legislators can propose and pass a bill to cut the taxes of the poor and middle class who have been hit hardest in this recession. Seems fair to me.

‘Super Committee’ Draws to a ‘Disappointing’ Close” – ABC News

Super Duper!
They have proven that the Federal Government is incapable of even cutting a small fraction of the bloated spending.
We have seen the problem more clearly than ever before and it’s the spendoholics in Congress.
Perhaps if our President wasn’t a card carrying member of that club we might have had a chance.
Rick Perry can at least name 2 out of 3 Government agencies that need to be axed.
Barry Hussein O’Bama can’t even name One.

2012 Vote Conservative and give the country a fighting chance.

How will decreased federal spending INCREASE employment in America?

“How will decreased federal spending INCREASE employment in America?” – Searambler

Try and thing of the USA as a Company.
When you stop spending money on useless endeavors and bad projects, you strengthen your economic position and poise yourself to make more money and grow the company.

This committee should have never been created in the first place! Given the stalemate from both sides, why did anyone think another layer of bureaucracy will expedite anything? Although Congress leaders of both Dems and Repubs are to blame, it’s really the President, who is ultimately responsible! This President created this inept committee to shift the blame from him, if it fails to reach a deal! Mr. Obama is just a pure coward, with no leadership skills! All he can do is spend more taxpayers money touring Hawaii and Asia. While the country is in debt and people are out of work! I hope this President burns in hell!

Here’s the solution:

The real problem is that the congress (Senate + House) all have campaigns financed via special interests. The special interests all control their votes via intimidation that if the votes don’t go their way, funding will be removed. SO, we the people need to overpower the factor of money in politics and here’s how…

1) All registered voters regardless of party affiliation (or lack thereof), next time you’re at the ballot box, resolve yourself to not vote to re-elect any member of congress.

2) This action accomplishes two goals:

a) Nullifies the effect of money on their elections (thus truly reverting power back to the people).
b) This will send a message to the next House membership (and puts the Senate on notice): “You now have two years to come to agreement on how to fix this problem; if by the end of your first year you have not arrived at some sort of agreement, then don’t bother campaigning in your second year: you will NOT be re-elected.

Vote like me; set them free!

“Try and thing of the USA as a Company.” …

What is the saleable product of the USA as a company, again? For the life of me, I don’t recall any revenues to the U.S. governent except taxes. If we have no product being sold (by the government) then the only way to grow the company (country) is through increased taxation without dissemination (spending).

Roads will (continue to) crumble. Bridges, as seen in Ohio about five years ago, will collapse. Street lights will go dim, deliveries will not be made due to the crumbled roads and fallen bridges and the economy will forever slip into the abyss.

I’m not increasing spending as we increase taxes – but there has to be a point to taxes other than a well regulated militia … there WAS more to the preamble of the U.S. Constituion.

Vote like me; set them free!

I agree with Gingrich……. this was a totally stupid attempt, by Obama, to gain control of the process, and it should have failed. Posted by: Rick McDaniel | November 21, 2011, 1:06 pm.

LOL! Obama didn’t create the damn super committee – Congress did. Because the REPUBLICAN TeaBaggers in the House were too frikkin’ STUPID to do their jobs last summer………..

The two parties are the source of our problems. They just want to get re-elected. If they win with 51% of the votes, they call it a mandate to do their plan, even though close to half of the votes didn’t like their plans. Every since 1968, both parties have spent the surplus Social Security funds regardless of which controls government. Now we are at the point where we are not bringing in enough Social Security dollars and the two parties say it program is flawed. The truth is that the two parties are the flaw when they spend all the excess every year. There is excess spending in most of our government agencies that could be cut and yet not see any impact on what is their primary function. Taxes on the rich can be increased since the tax rate on them has steady declined since 1944 while the national debt has steady increased during all those years. Could the war in Afghaistan been over years ago if we had not sent most of troops to Iraq for 7 years? Both parties are to be blamed. Kick out incumbents of both parties so that both parties feel like losers. No amount of money from lobbists can save them if they know we know the truth and no longer believe in their lies!

If only the Democrats had the stones to say why they won’t support a balanced budget amendment.

I see all of these people making comments “How will making cuts and decreasing spending increase prosperity?” I guess I can equate that to the question, how will maxing out your credit card make your debt go away? If you max out ALL of your credit cards, borrow a million dollars from the bank and then spend it all, are you more prosperous or just severely in debt. The US government cannot declare bankruptcy folks. It doesn’t go away, it gets larger or smaller. Time to make the debt smaller or pay higher consequences later with higher interest on the debt. Then EVERYONE’s taxes will go up. You think we have people unemployed now? If they don’t stop spending money and pay this off, the unemployment rate of the depression will pale by comparison.

Yes, and Mr. Norquest sits in his office with a smirk on his face as he did yesterday saying that if anyone breaks their pledge to me…their career is over but if you sitck by me…(or do as I say)
you will have a career and I will guide you right into the White House. My God what happened to the republicans? You are letting one man take away your free choice to vote as you feel…this is unpatriotic and unAmerican. Our soldiers are dying in Iraq to give you the freedom to choose and vote as you choose and you are letting one man….a lobbyist…take away your choices. What a bunch of lemmings you all are and what about your promise to the nation to serve them not an idol called Norquest. I am glad Pres. Reagan did not have someone like that because he raised revenue 18 times because the country needs it. You are keeping this country from getting jobs and recovering all because of a lobbyist. I cannot believe the stupidity of this. Every economist says we need cuts and revenue but you refuse to give in on revenue and want to continue the Bush tax cuts permanently even though the economists have said that is exactly what is hurting this country and doing away with them would reduce our deficit tremendously. I am so sick of this congress and the stalling tactics and the blame on the president. Mr. Norquest should be president since he has each one of you in his pocket. I am so pleased I am no longer associated with the republican party after 24 years because I cannot believe it is the same party since the tea party joined it. I can only hope some of you get back your backbones when you see millions on the streets without jobs and for Mr. Gingrich who says go home and take a bath and get a job…..many of them would like to do just that…take a bath and get a job…..where are the jobs the republican party ran on. No wonder in Wisconsin,Ohio and Florida people are fighting back…the rest of the world needs to also and that is what the 99ers are really about.

It’s a simple choice. We can cut spending, strangle the economy. put millions of more Americans out of work, or we can spend like hell , put people to work again, increase the tax base and quit worrying about this debt and deficit distraction until our economy is growing.

If you want the United States to become a third world nation, with a low standard of living to provide the corporations with a cheap labor market, listen to the republicans. They will get us there quickly.

Hello America, Nov 21, 2011, . I think if we had all listened to Fezzy Bear 3 months ago, we could have did away with all the suspense, remember back in August when I told you their super committee would fail? and they did as expected. I guess the more important question is what happens now and what can be done? what happens now is what should have happened 50 years ago, no more $200 toliet seats for the Pentagon, no more $16 breakfast muffins for the Justice Department Lawyers. so I would say its all well and good. and come the fall of 2012, we can get rid of all the Liberal spenders and their lobbyists. sincerely Fezzy Bear

I’m so surprised that a “supercommittee” failed!

I’m with Shane, and I’m tired of the finger-pointing by both parties (that includes those here). No one has done the job they were elected to do and every member of Congress should resign in shame. But they have no shame, so we need to vote them all out. In order to stay on the gravy train, they sell their souls to those who promise the most money or votes. They need to be running scared—not assume they’ll get re-elected for the umpteenth time—or they will never change their ways. Wake up America: enough with voting like clueless sheep for only your party’s candidates! My representatives—both Democrat and Republican—haven’t done a thing for me. Vote every incumbent out; they’ve shown us there’s no difference, they are only in it for themselves—or they would have solved the budget crisis long ago. If we don’t stop the madness, perhaps we do get the government we deserve.

Quote from Winston Churchill: I contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a
man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle