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To: bentway who wrote (747249)	10/17/2013 12:58:51 AM
From: Jorj X Mckie	Respond to of 1583854

Are Republicans ready to deal, NOW? As far as i can tell, the republican politicians are ready to drop trou and bend over for the democrats, just so long as they get to keep their jobs and not have people think that they are mean. as for the rest of your post, it is far too disingenuous for me to respond.

To: bentway who wrote (747249)	10/17/2013 1:23:28 AM
From: TimF	1 Recommendation Recommended By i-node Respond to of 1583854

The tax increase on the wealthy already happened. Even before it happened the wealth were paying an increasing portion of the tax burden. There isn't enough additional revenue you can get from the wealthy to make a big difference in the fiscal situation. As for "and spending cuts" we keep get new expensive programs (like Obamacare, and yes like Part D before it), rather than a cut in government. A slight reduction in some programs for cyclical reasons as the economy leaves a recession isn't really a budget cut, and besides that we haven't had budget cuts. The sequester only affects a small portion of the government, the bulk of it has now restraint at all, no need to be authorized by congress each year.