The Tea Party Way, Governing By Extortion

[piece-itpete]

Originally Posted by bobabode

Oh well, I tried to answer your question honestly. (Where's that one fingered salute smiley when you need one?)

Do you really believe that the redistricting was done in a fair manner in 2010?

'Dems are great' may be honest I suppose Do you really believe any redistricting at any time done by anyone will be fair?

Pete

[bobabode]

Originally Posted by piece-itpete

'Dems are great' may be honest I suppose Do you really believe any redistricting at any time done by anyone will be fair?

Pete

Now who's re spewing hype? Pull that log outta your eye first, my friend.

[whell]

Originally Posted by bobabode

Sorry, Mike. I don't see that austerity is a valid mindset in the face of the fragility of the economy. Under this President the deficit has been cut almost in half. The right wing pork is about the only place where I can see room to trim but your party goes after the lowest rung of the ladder, I can only assume that the Repubs are sadists looking for no real economic benefit.

Yours was a loaded question as usual, Mike.

All that suggests is that the sequester is in place and working, yet the Dems want to ditch the mandated cuts in the sequester and put the country back on track to increased deficits. The claims of deficit reduction could quickly vaporize depending on what is agreed upon, or not agreed upon, in the current or any future session of Congress.

http://www.factcheck.org/2013/04/spi...obamas-budget/

So, I'll ask you again. What's your solution to hold this bunch accountable to spending within our means?

[CarlV]

Originally Posted by piece-itpete

'Dems are great' may be honest I suppose Do you really believe any redistricting at any time done by anyone will be fair?

Pete

Maybe that is why my mom's people left Cleveland for Orange Co. in the 1860's.
We live in California, we have a bi-partisan California Citizens Redistricting Commission.
We also passed a bill, no budget, no pay for our legislature. Works great too I'm here to tell you.


Carl

[CarlV]

Wiki:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Califor...ing_Commission


Carl

[bobabode]

Originally Posted by whell

All that suggests is that the sequester is in place and working, yet the Dems want to ditch the mandated cuts in the sequester and put the country back on track to increased deficits. The claims of deficit reduction could quickly vaporize depending on what is agreed upon, or not agreed upon, in the current or any future session of Congress.

http://www.factcheck.org/2013/04/spi...obamas-budget/

So, I'll ask you again. What's your solution to hold this bunch accountable to spending within our means?

Pffft. Didn't like the first answer? Go fish...

[whell]

Originally Posted by bobabode

Pffft. Didn't like the first answer? Go fish...

I guess your answer was that there's no issue because the deficit is coming down. The deficit is coming down due to tax increases and the sequester. But I'm confused because you've bitched about the sequester in the past. It wasn't that I didn't like your answer, but that your answer seems inconsistent with your prior statements.

[piece-itpete]

Very interesting Carl. Here in Ohio we've reformed the system occasionally, it usually works for a little while Agreed about budget and pay too.

Pete

[bobabode]

Originally Posted by whell

I guess your answer was that there's no issue because the deficit is coming down. The deficit is coming down due to tax increases and the sequester. But I'm confused because you've bitched about the sequester in the past. It wasn't that I didn't like your answer, but that your answer seems inconsistent with your prior statements.

Context, Mike. Take your parsing blinders off.

BOT, are you in favor of following the Tealiban course of action to shrink gubmint? i.e. Shuttering government and defaulting on the countries debt?

[piece-itpete]

I'll bet $20 right now that we will not default. Not now anyway.

Pete