Originally posted on 07/31/2011:

Quote Originally Posted by rocky502 View Post
Two options: either they are liars or gutless cowards when it comes to raising taxes.
If you ask a Democrat if they would rather protect Social welfare or raise taxes .. you are only ever going to get one answer.

Obama got what he wanted .. while letting the Republicans think that they got what they wanted ...

In reality - The Republicans got to stay exactly where they were before the discussions started on taxes ... the Dems got to stay where they were on welfare .. and those silly balanced budget amendments and extra votes before the next election were removed from the table.

Both parties sold out a chance to massively reduce spending, and to massively increase revenue in order to pander to a small minority of their party ... as we all knew all along .. this was never about the debt ... neither party got what they wanted and the debt will still be $12 Trillion more than it is today in 10 years time.... no matter which party is in power.