http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/11/top-goper-on-super-committee-says-no-new-revenue-games-out-strategy-if-panel-fails-video.php
“Frankly, half of [the automatic cuts] is aimed at national security,” Hensarling added. “Leon Panetta, our Secretary of Defense says that will hollow out our defense. So number one I would be committed to keeping the $1.2 [trillion in automatic cuts]. We’ve got 13 months to find a smarter way to do it.”
Instead of crying uncle, Republicans are threatening to walk away, and then to try to protect their interests from the across the board spending cuts that were meant to scare them out of walking away in the first place.
Why would anyone think the GOP was going into this with any other intention then to hold the entire process hostage?
No comments:
Post a Comment