tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post3766599162831501229..comments2023-10-27T03:41:13.171-07:00Comments on Warning Signs: What We Have Here is a Failure to NegotiateAlan Carubahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10901162110385985193noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-66664230402310516382011-11-11T16:34:58.105-08:002011-11-11T16:34:58.105-08:00Is it any surprise that the Super Committee was Ha...Is it any surprise that the Super Committee was Harry Reid's idea?Alan Carubahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10901162110385985193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-67085594417654807562011-11-11T14:39:02.366-08:002011-11-11T14:39:02.366-08:00The Super committee is doing exactly what it was s...The Super committee is doing exactly what it was supposed to do. Place the blame on Congress for anything that goes wrong. I should have been obvious from the very beginning that there could be no compromise, and I said then that they must be the dumbest people in the world to have fallen for this scheme. We have two irreconcilable positions here. One wants to put the federal government on a crash diet and the other wants to keep feeding Baby Huey until the highchair really does collapse. As for balancing the budget by rising taxes….baloney. These idiots will merely find new ways to waste this “windfall” of new revenue. We really do need to get that! <br /><br />A few years ago in Ohio we had some new “emergency” that “required” a temporary sales tax increase that was to last for (I think) two years. Six months before it was to lapse there were legislators expounding how this tax should be extended indefinitely because we need to help____ (Fill in the blank). There are always “laudable goals” they insist must be attended to. For these people there will never be an end to crises that need more money. How many years can you compromise with people like this until there is nothing left? Compromise means everyone gives something up. All they ever got in return from these money grubbers is a short period of peace before they stated demanding more money. Every time you go past the half way point you come closer and closer to zero. We need to understand the difference between compromise and capitulation; and at this point in history bi-partisanship has been nothing more that capitulation by degree. Let them all walk out of the room because, as one entomologist once said, “there is nothing like a good epidemic to get things started”.Rich Kozlovichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13745960671409518147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-54107322825701484272011-11-10T20:25:29.431-08:002011-11-10T20:25:29.431-08:00I saw this coming a mile away. The philosophical ...I saw this coming a mile away. The philosophical divide in this country has deepened, and has, in my opinion, become too deep to bridge with simple negotiations. By definition, conservative principles do not allow for much compromise on certain things ... specifically our constitutional rights, including but not limited to personal property rights, taxes, and the limits of governmental power. So many of these things are under assault ... and I think most conservatives feel we have been backed into a corner. I, for one, think we are at a major turning point in America, and giving more ground is simply not an option anymore if we have any hope of righting these wrongs and turning things around. So, while I would hate to see an impasse, I don't want to see the Republicans cave either. I hope that a failure to reach an agreement doesn't backfire and do more harm than good, but at the moment, giving ground just doesn't seem like an option to me.Guy in Ohiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03427016567260606130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-60280153547767349242011-11-10T11:19:39.028-08:002011-11-10T11:19:39.028-08:00As I remember it, Paul Newman stood in the doorway...As I remember it, Paul Newman stood in the doorway, and uttered the 'failure' statement. He was then blown away by the posse. End of movie.<br /><br />I suspect the Republicans will cave after a 'valiant' struggle to try to appease their base voters.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com