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Politics : How Quickly Can Obama Totally Destroy the US? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Carolyn who wrote (6756)	12/11/2013 7:59:26 PM
From: joseffy	Respond to of 16547

Stockman: Budget deal a 'joke and betrayal' ................................................................. Wednesday, 11 Dec 2013 By: Jeff Morganteen cnbc.com David Stockman says the deal is the final surrender of House Republican leadership. House Republicans "capitulated" in agreeing to the two-year budget deal reached last night and left the country to deal with an unsustainable fiscal situation until the peak of the presidential primaries in 2015, when nothing will get done, former federal budget director David Stockman told CNBC on Wednesday. "First, let's be clear—it's a joke and betrayal," Stockman, who served under President Ronald Reagan, said. "It's the final surrender of the House Republican leadership to Beltway politics and kicking the can and ignoring the budget monster that's hurtling down the road." Stockman added that the budget deal means lawmakers would take a "two-year vacation" from dealing with the country's fiscal situation and revisit it in 2015 at around the same time as the Iowa straw polls. Without an incumbent in the presidential race, both political parties will be too busy to touch the budget, he said. While some hailed the budget deal as a breakthrough in Washington's political gridlock, Stockman compared the accord to "kicking the can" into "low Earth orbit." "There's plenty of room, but they're unwilling to make the tough choices," he said. "Now, I understand Democrats doing that. The only hope of getting our fiscal situation under control is if the House Republicans stand up. And they've totally capitulated."