Senator Reid and Obama have apparently agreed to a poison pill that would automatically cut spending in Defense and Medicare, if Congress fails to pass spending cuts by end of November.
It's rather unbelievable, and shocking that any Democrat would agree to this.
First, this whole debt ceiling deadline is itself a Republican poison pill, that gives them spending cuts one way or the other. As I've said many times, Republicans like Ron Paul and Michelle Bachmann really don't care where and how the spending cuts are made, but that they are made, and they're perfectly fine with keeping the debt ceiling in place. Literally, Republicans will be allowed to simply do nothing, and they will have achieved draconian spending cuts.
Second, Republicans are given a pass on responsibility once again. By talking a good public narrative but doing nothing behind closed doors, they will effectively cut Medicare, and not take the heat for cutting Medicare. In fact, they will have the capacity to blame Democrats for not agreeing to spending cuts, that triggered the Medicare cuts.
So when did America become the land of sadomasochism?
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