Back in 1994, Rush Limbaugh wrote See I Told You So. From page 88 of the book: [T]he cure for: a) the budget deficit = more taxes; b) unemployment = more taxes; c) recession = more taxes; d) environmental problems = more taxes; e) illiteracy = more taxes; f) L.A. riots = more taxes. It doesn’t matter what the nature of the problem is. 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. It’s not that the GOP got played so much as GOP leaders were collaborating on this. Boehner wanted a grand bargain and now he’s going to get it along with tax increases. But hey! At least we’ll get a vote on a balanced budget amendment — one without a requirement for a super majority to raise taxes. UPDATED: for the counter argument on why tax increases will not be practically possible, consider this post by Rich Lowry. I’ve been apprised of the same thing. Essentially, because present law presumes that the Bush tax cuts will go away and the commission, or super committee, must focus on reducing the deficit, any tax increases the commission offers would appear outrageously large and politically unpopular if they are to have an effect on the deficit. I’m still mulling this over.
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Filed under: Crime , Sarah Palin , Congress , Conservatives , Barack Obama , Arizona Shooting Palin told Sean Hannity that the Tucson shootings were the work of a single, apolitical “perhaps even left-leaning individual.”
Filed under: Woman Up If she intends her organization to be political and not simply a publicity machine, she needs to step up her game.
Common Name : MSM Vulture Scientific Name : Catharsis Aura Class : Aves Order : Falconiformes Family : Cathartidae DESCRIPTION : This vulture has a thick head. It has beady eyes that are always looking rightward for any sign of weakness. The female is usually larger and heavier than the more effeminate male of the species. Only a few of the species believe in individuality, but most define their lives according to group identity. HABITAT : Begins its life in nests located in ivory towers then migrates to coastal cities like NYC and LA (sometimes Chicago and Washington DC). PREDATOR : of Sarah Palin, Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, etc., anyone that can still understand that puzzling 100+ year old document known as “The Constitution”, and any American citizen that wants to limit Federal government power or spending. OUTLOOK : These birds are threatened with extinction due to (1) their peculiar habit of pecking off their right wing, effectively making them unable to stay balanced and (2) a growing indifference of the American public to left-wing-only news. NOTES : MSM Vultures are loud birds. They will hiss and squawk continuously whenever there are political points to be scored for the left. They are born with a guilty conscience, but assuage that guilt by making a big show of assigning blame to the American Right (regardless of the facts) – thus leading to catharsis . cross-posted: TobyToons
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MSM Vulture (Catharsis aura)
Filed under: Obama Administration , 2010 Elections , Matt Lewis and the News , Barack Obama Appearing on Fox News’ “Hannity,” Minority Leader John Boehner says he doesn’t connect with President Obama: “We have a nice relationship. The problem we have is . . . I was a small-business guy long before I got into this business. When I talk [to Obama] about the real world, it doesn’t seem to register.”
