Comments on: Brutal: Tom Coburn quits the Gang of Six

By: herself

herself — Wed, 18 May 2011 11:16:45 +0000

A tax hike on those freeloaders making less than $100k per year would make up a lot of the difference. It’d never happen. But it is one I’d support.

{^_^}

By: Mr. Grump

Mr. Grump — Wed, 18 May 2011 10:25:39 +0000

Looks like Dr. Coburn found the mind he somehow misplaced.

By: exdeadhead

exdeadhead — Wed, 18 May 2011 04:12:37 +0000

It’s going to take another election, another massive repudiation of lefty economic and regulatory policies. Democrats will spend decades trying to recover if Republicans will cut away big chunks of Big Government.

By: pannw

pannw — Wed, 18 May 2011 02:48:32 +0000

HondaV65 on May 17, 2011 at 9:12 PM

That’s the truth!

By: tinkerthinker

tinkerthinker — Wed, 18 May 2011 02:41:22 +0000

We aren’t going to avoid it. buy food, water, and ammo.

DFCtomm on May 17, 2011 at 8:35 PM

check

By: Uncle Sams Nephew

Uncle Sams Nephew — Wed, 18 May 2011 01:52:08 +0000

We aren’t going to avoid it. buy food, water, and ammo.

DFCtomm on May 17, 2011 at 8:35 PM

Be thankful you can afford to stockpile.

By: HondaV65

HondaV65 — Wed, 18 May 2011 01:12:02 +0000

There was NO NEED for the GOP to take on entitlements when they only had ONE house of Congress.

The thing to have done – would have been to ELIMINATE STUPID DISCRETIONARY STUFF. Raise the Debt Limit? Ah sure – but that means PPP, NEA, NPR, PBS, and a whole host of subsidies go out the window!

We could have KICKED ASS and eliminated every stupid discretionary spending item in the budget – and more. No way the Dims would allow the Debt Ceiling to crash on us for PPP. No way they’ll let it happen for NPR … it’s politically untenable for them.

But Medicare and Social Security – now … that gets Mr. and Mrs John Q. Public involved – as stakeholders – or … stake loosers.

We could have eliminated all stupid discretionary spending – WON the races in 2012 and with a GOP government – reformed entitlements THEN. And it would have been a lot easier because we would not have been asking Mr and Mrs John Q to sacrifice FIRST … we’d have eliminated the idiots from the government books first.

But – let’s not let common sense get in the way of the GOP’s self-destruction shall we?

By: Old Country Boy

Old Country Boy — Wed, 18 May 2011 00:59:07 +0000

SukieTawdry on May 17, 2011 at 7:23 PM
Sukie. Did you really know Berthold Brecht? Did you also know Lotte and Luci? Or do you just think it is neat to borrow a name from Drei Phennig Oper?

By: Midas

Midas — Wed, 18 May 2011 00:44:57 +0000

We aren’t going to avoid it. buy food, water, and ammo.

DFCtomm on May 17, 2011 at 8:35 PM

My latest order came in today. ‘cheaper than dirt’, that’s all i’m saying.

By: Herb

Herb — Wed, 18 May 2011 00:41:34 +0000

A great many Americans walked out with you Tom…..Way to Go!

By: DFCtomm

DFCtomm — Wed, 18 May 2011 00:35:39 +0000

So, it has to stop. If this country is going to avoid complete financial collapse………
greggriffith on May 17, 2011 at 6:46 PM

We aren’t going to avoid it. buy food, water, and ammo.

By: 44Magnum

44Magnum — Wed, 18 May 2011 00:08:03 +0000

He’ll use that “good and proper” clause thingy.

By: txhsmom

txhsmom — Tue, 17 May 2011 23:53:03 +0000

yr on cc balance

By: txhsmom

txhsmom — Tue, 17 May 2011 23:48:22 +0000

US debt in numbers we can all understand.

“We” are earning $58,000/yr.
“We” are spending $75,000/yr.
“We” have a credit card balance of $327,000/yr.
Yikes.

By: txhsmom

txhsmom — Tue, 17 May 2011 23:42:28 +0000

Besides, I thought the amount of gold supposedly in the vault would only get us thru half a months worth of govt spending or some such ridiculous number.

By: txhsmom

txhsmom — Tue, 17 May 2011 23:40:16 +0000

Ron Paul brings up a great point about selling the Fort Knox gold today.
Spathi on May 17, 2011 at 6:26 PM

Has anyone actually verified recently that the gold is still there?

By: SuperCool

SuperCool — Tue, 17 May 2011 23:37:08 +0000

Just Say (Dr.) No!

Good on Coburn.

By: SukieTawdry

SukieTawdry — Tue, 17 May 2011 23:33:13 +0000

Maybe the IMF can lend us some money and then forgive the loan.

By: katy the mean old lady

katy the mean old lady — Tue, 17 May 2011 23:31:15 +0000

Since my fellow senior citizens and Baby Boomers, many of whom are Tea Partiers, insist that no entitlement reform affects them, then, yeah, I guess it will take a fiscal collapse after all.

SukieTawdry on May 17, 2011 at 7:23 PM

I’ll be worm food,not starving in the gutter,before the cuts take effect.

By: SukieTawdry

SukieTawdry — Tue, 17 May 2011 23:23:34 +0000

Since my fellow senior citizens and Baby Boomers, many of whom are Tea Partiers, insist that no entitlement reform affects them, then, yeah, I guess it will take a fiscal collapse after all.

By: cmsinaz

cmsinaz — Tue, 17 May 2011 23:22:28 +0000

I guess it’s going to take a fiscal collapse after all.

it’s what i’ve been saying all along, we have to hit rock bottom before anything truly gets accomplished….we are a reactive country

By: bluemarlin

bluemarlin — Tue, 17 May 2011 23:22:26 +0000

Did anyone really believe that the Democrats would be logical in these negotiations? Coburn was just wasting his time or maybe he kept the other two GOP rats from capitulating completely. Very few people in DC politics really want to cut spending and that is for both sides!

By: cmsinaz

cmsinaz — Tue, 17 May 2011 23:21:28 +0000

and the hits just keep on comin’

By: ICBM

ICBM — Tue, 17 May 2011 23:17:21 +0000

What kind of trail are you talking here?One thru the forest or a footpath in the woods?

docflash on May 17, 2011 at 7:11 PM

Contrails

By: katy the mean old lady

katy the mean old lady — Tue, 17 May 2011 23:13:11 +0000

Lew Rockwell has a great podcast out about how Obama will declare a national emergency in the name of fighting “terrorists” as a work around the debt ceiling if it comes to that.

Spathi on May 17, 2011 at 6:35 PM

Yeah,I’ll jump right on it./