All of the way up to the day of the vote to raise the debt
limit, Congressman Wally Hager (R-CA) was insisting that he would stand strong
and demand a meaningful deficit reduction plan before allowing the ceiling to
be lifted. Then, on the day of the vote,
he and dozens others just like him caved in and voted for the debt ceiling increase
that virtually gave Obama everything he wanted and provided for no meaningful
deficit reduction.
Their excuse? If they
didn’t cave in, the nation would have defaulted on its debt. Then, they tried to hang their hats on the
Special Committee that is going to resolve everything by November, stacked with
six staunch Republicans and six staunch Democrats who are unlikely to
compromise on anything. If they do not
come up with a viable idea, taxes will certainly increase, defense spending
gets cut and an automatic deficit reduction occurs. The very modest cuts included in that
legislation largely do not kick in until 2014, where the need for cuts is
immediate.
Now, Hager’s line is that this was an important first step
and that they can get on with the business of further deficit
reductions. But, we have a “special
committee” who is going to operate in secret to, ostensibly, make those
cuts. Further, the Congress can ignore
any cuts anytime it thinks we are in an emergency situation. Why don’t they set aside money to deal with
emergencies like the rest of us do?
As a result of this lame legislation, we just kicked the can
down the road again and we allowed those who would spend us into oblivion to
rule the day. There was no way we would
have gone into default over an arbitrary date set by Tim Geithner. Hager and his cohorts did the nation a big
disfavor… again. They need to be removed
and replaced with people who are willing to stand up and do what is right. .
That’s MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted.
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