CitizenBBN
01-02-2013, 12:00 AM
It takes some kind of moxy to say this after passing a bill with $620 billion in tax increases and only $15 billion spending cuts:
11:26 p.m. ET - Obama said the government still needs to take a balanced approach on reducing the deficit.
"The one thing that I think hopefully in the new year we'll focus on is seeing if we can put a package like this together with a little bit less drama, a little bit less brinksmanship, not scare the heck out of folks quite as much. We can come together as Democrats and Republicans to cut spending and raise revenue in a way that reduces our deficit, protects the middle class and provides ladders into the middle class for everybody who is willing to work hard," he said.
11:24 p.m. ET – “While I will negotiate over many things, I will not have another debate with this Congress over whether or not they should pay the bills that they've already racked up through the laws that they passed,” Obama said, referring to the upcoming debt ceiling debate.
Get ready dude, b/c that debt ceiling will either be a battle royal or a lot of GOP house members are going to be looking for new jobs soon.
FWIW the vote was 257-167, and almost all the 167 were Republicans. This thing passed with the Democrats backing it, would never have passed a GOP vote. http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2012/roll659.xml
if the GOP leadership blinks again on the debt ceiling b/c "all those people depending on their checks" (which is undeniably true but this madness must end), there may be some new leadership too. Sure hope so.
You may not want another debate on the debt ceiling Mr. President, but that's big talk for a man who won't even propose a budget.
11:26 p.m. ET - Obama said the government still needs to take a balanced approach on reducing the deficit.
"The one thing that I think hopefully in the new year we'll focus on is seeing if we can put a package like this together with a little bit less drama, a little bit less brinksmanship, not scare the heck out of folks quite as much. We can come together as Democrats and Republicans to cut spending and raise revenue in a way that reduces our deficit, protects the middle class and provides ladders into the middle class for everybody who is willing to work hard," he said.
11:24 p.m. ET – “While I will negotiate over many things, I will not have another debate with this Congress over whether or not they should pay the bills that they've already racked up through the laws that they passed,” Obama said, referring to the upcoming debt ceiling debate.
Get ready dude, b/c that debt ceiling will either be a battle royal or a lot of GOP house members are going to be looking for new jobs soon.
FWIW the vote was 257-167, and almost all the 167 were Republicans. This thing passed with the Democrats backing it, would never have passed a GOP vote. http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2012/roll659.xml
if the GOP leadership blinks again on the debt ceiling b/c "all those people depending on their checks" (which is undeniably true but this madness must end), there may be some new leadership too. Sure hope so.
You may not want another debate on the debt ceiling Mr. President, but that's big talk for a man who won't even propose a budget.