They would not compromise with the Super-Committee and that is a fact. The Democrats have been trying to bend over backwards without destroying entitlements to the citizen whom paid for them for their lifetime.
The Republicans will not increase taxes on the wealthy and the defense budget was cut $750 billion over ten years. They are going to scream bloody murder and there are those within the Pentagon that have sacred cows and of course, according to them, the USA is going to be in danger no matter what fiscal difficulty the USA may have.
I would like the Pentagon to cut their retirements and health care while expecting the same of the citizens that pay their salaries.
The Defense Department has sacred cows throughout the country. Both Democrats and Republicans are going to running home to their constituents to raise hatred of the President, but, they need to be reminded of the priorities of a nation returning its economy from fiscal collapse of other Republican sacred cows which required bailouts.
I am confident the military will find a way to protect us all while downsizing a HUGE fiscal burden on the USA that simply acts as the global police. The military refuses to rework itself in a way that is realistic and yet secure for the country. The military believes the fiscal challenges of the country is a national security issue. That is a fact. But, they and the Republicans don't seem to realize that means cutting the defense spending as well as domestic spending.
Hello?
The President and First Lady and every Democrat elected to office will be under attack for trimming the military budget. Perhaps the real villains to Wall Streets 'fiscal pain' should be sought in the Republican House of Representatives and the Senate.
Cutting the military budget is going to receive growing resistance and more so than legislating tax reform and/or taxes on the wealthy. I found really interesting 50% of broadband is utilized by the top 1% in the USA. Very interesting.
And, of course, every Republican nominee would never cut the military or raise taxes on the wealthy, but, they will gut Medicare and Social Security and hand over trillions to Wall Street to invest rather than secure the elderly's future.
