i have done my research, unlike you my friend, and i refuse to bury my head in the sand, unlike you my friend, and i refuse to avoid reality, unlike you my friend, who avoids it at all costs........take off your conservative colored eyeglasses, and have a look at stark reality my friend....anyone with common sense, who will look at our situation, and is honest, will acknowledge that we need to tackle our debt/deficit from both angles, that of spending cuts, and revenue increases...quit buying what the boehners, limbaughs, hannitys, becks, levins or tea party leaders tell you...taxes have been cut, and cut, and cut some more, and cut some more after that, and what have we gotten? bigger deficits, bigger debt, more debt service being paid, we go further and further in the hole, and i'm gonna tell you something, and i know it will shock you, and i know what your response will be already....psssst...conservative, democrats have had alot of help from republicans getting us into this mess, both are responsible for where we are, and both sides will have to stand up, look their bases in eye, and explain some cold, cruel, hard facts of life to them...we need additional revenue(sorry, cold hard fact here, difficult to stomach for conservatives/republicans) and we need spending cuts(sorry, cold hard fact here, for democrats)
if i thought we could balance our books with just cuts, i would support that...i don't, not with the current debt/deficits we have now. you can continue to bury your head in the sand, and deny reality, i , on the other hand , refuse to do that. i will continue to write my congress critters, even the despicable john bonehead, and tell them to pull their heads out of their asses. time to 'man up' for both parties. both sides are responsible for the mess, both sides are needed to clean it up, and both bases are not going to be happy with what needs to be done, but it is reality, politics aside.