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I must disagree. The GOP got 98% of what they wanted. Its not the Dems fault. If the GOP got what they wanted then why did this happen? Ill tell you! No new revenue coming in. This is 100% on the Tea-Publicans. Dont get me wrong.... I like what they wanted BUT they played politics. I also like what the Gang of 6 wanted BUT.... because of bull crap politics the GOP didn't go for it. It was a dog and pony show - just like every other "budget cut", the accounting is a scam, and typically the cuts never happen.
Even in this deal, the spending is over the next two years, but the "cuts" would be over 10 years, and would still add over $10 trillion to the national debt. So after two years, where do they get the cuts for the next debt ceiling increase?
Take a step back and look at the big picture - it is another smoke and mirrors trick that only kicks the can down the road.
Again, not sure why we have to go there but... isn't it a bit ignorant to say that any side got 98% of what they wanted. $2 trillion over 10 years or about 3% of spending. No fixing of the tax code which is still a mess. No balanced amendment ( I do think we should have one), no real caps or real spending restrictions in the future so this deal makes no sense on it's face.
Perhaps all this site is good for is to allow people to recite talking points from cable TV folks and pat themselves on the back as if they know something about a very complicated topic.