As reference see previous post concerning the Revenge Politics advocated by the Daily Beast.
“I can tell you the most recent promise the president has broken. He campaigned on a balanced approach to deficit reduction with more spending cuts than increased taxes. He even talked about it in the 2nd or 3rd debate. Instead he is proposing to raise taxes $1.6 trillion (the first year he has already outlined how it is to be spent on “stimulus” so no deficit reduction there at all). The spending cut is a POSSIBLE $400 billion over 10 years but nothing definite outlined.
For those of you who are math deficient, that is $4 in tax increases for every $1 of possible (but not likely) spending cuts. ”
It is very distressing to see the willingness of our people to accept the lie that the President only wants to tax the top two percent while everybody else gets a tax cut. The facts of the President’s proposal are exactly opposite to what he tells the people.
Secondly, Pres. Obama wants the Congress to give away its right to review the debt ceiling and approve or deny raising it. Why should they? The Constitution gives the power of the purse to the Congress, specifically the House of Representatives. When they are asked to give up this right, then we the people who voted for them are asked to give up this right. We should not do it.
The Daily Beast newsletter may believe that it is right, just and proper for Obama to take revenge on the Republicans of the Congress for opposing him. I do not agree. The Congress is supposed to prevent tyranny by a systematic review of the Executive and the Judicial just as these branches of government are, in turn, to review the Congress. This is not a system of revenge politics as proposed by Pelosi and Reid. It is the Constitution.
Lastly, I believe that the rules of our social contract intend that the President is the President of the whole nation and not only of those who voted for him. He is not supposed to be the President of the Democrats and the enemy of the Republicans. If the Daily Beast believes such foolishness, then Obama is supposed to be the enemy of 48 percent of the citizens and the friend of the remainder. If that is the case, can anyone blame the 48 % of the citizens to do all in their power during the next four years to opposed Obama who, in this case, is said to be their enemy?
Yes, the Democrat party won the Presidency but that is no excuse for attempts to destroy the Republican party. Likewise, the Republicans won the majority in the House of Representatives and that is no excuse for always opposing the Democrat President. The same applies to the Senate.
This writer is distressed by all of what Secretary Geithner calls “political theater.” I agree that it is a necessary part of the political process, however, he then turns around and says that the House of Representatives, symbolized by the Speaker, is required to prove to the Executive how much they are willing to raise taxes. That is absurd. The Constitution gives the power of taxation to the Congress and not the President. Secondly, the House need prove nothing to the President. He is required to submit his proposals to the House and they are required to debate, argue and either accept, reject or modify them. What Geithner here proposes is to accomplish the legislation in a conference with the White House before it is even submitted to the Congress. I disagree.
Let the President put his proposal to the House. Let the administration, by using their Congressional Democrat proxies, argue their case before the full 495 Representatives. And let the House vote and send it onto the Senate. Only in this way will progress be made.
And Senator Harry Reid should stop bragging that any House of Representatives budget proposal that is not pre approved by Obama is Dead On Arrival in the Senate. Who is the obstructionist in this process? There are many and they are: The President, Nancy Pelosi, Reid, Geithner. What the Republicans are trying very hard to do is to play according to the rule book which is called the Constitution. There may be some who adhere to the Revenge politics advocated by the Daily Beast. I do not.
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