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| Best compromise position on the debt ceiling; in my view | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Jul 28 2011, 03:00 PM (147 Views) | |
| jon-nyc | Jul 28 2011, 03:00 PM Post #1 |
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Cheers
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Something like what the Boehner and Reid plans have in common - in other words, discretionary cuts now and a bipartisan commission to look at deeper measures. Take from Boehner's the second vote before the election. So its basically Boehner's plan with two differences - 1 - taxes are on the table - if the bipartisan commission suggests revenue components, they're part of what gets the up or down vote. 2 - this is the biggie - the GOP selects the Democratic members of the commission, and vice versa. So we'd actually get centrists making a deal, instead of more ideological elements. |
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| jon-nyc | Jul 28 2011, 03:01 PM Post #2 |
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Cheers
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(of course it'd never happen) |
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| Axtremus | Jul 28 2011, 03:22 PM Post #3 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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If we're going to talk about things that will never happen, might as well go for a "clean bill" that just eliminates the "debt ceiling," and rely on Congress to pass responsible budgets and tax reform bills from year to year.
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| Luke's Dad | Jul 28 2011, 03:27 PM Post #4 |
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Emperor Pengin
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Because the debt commission's suggestions went over so well... A shame, really. The debt commission did have a fairly good plan. |
| The problem with having an open mind is that people keep trying to put things in it. | |
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| jon-nyc | Jul 28 2011, 03:59 PM Post #5 |
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Cheers
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Well, I didn't explicitly state it but the structure of the plan essentially forces congress to vote for whatever the commission comes up with, since that is the only way to avoid default. The difference between the Boehner plan and the jon-nyc plan is the composition of the commission. |
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| jon-nyc | Jul 28 2011, 04:00 PM Post #6 |
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Cheers
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Well, that might be Ax's preferred solution, but it in no way would be a compromise between the two active plans. |
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