US super committee declares failure

[Skybird]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-15830176

Oooops. What a surprise.

[yubba]

da !!!

[Takeda Shingen]

Another triumph for American politics.

[AVGWarhawk]

At least they are consistent. Waste of time, money and resources.

At lest everyone that was holding thier breaths for a positive result should be dead by now.
Thus cutting down on the population problem.
To bad those involved didn't hold thier breaths.
At lest they would have done some good.

[Torplexed]

The stupor committee. Designed to kick the can down the road.

Amerika is obviously not giving enough motivation to these politicians to get stuff done.

I propose we surround the capital building with cannons, each hour they keep up this crap a salvo gets fired.

What you don't want to compromise with someone of a different political party? "FIRE"

[MothBalls]

A congressional committee tasked with reducing the deficit by $1.2tn (£762bn) has failed to come to an agreement.

In any other job in the world, if you fail to meet your objectives, you get fired*. Except congress, failure ensures you'll get re-elected. Gerrymandering guarantees they'll get re-elected anyway.

I say we fire the entire committee and hire one that can get the job done.





*except weathermen, who can be wrong more often than not and still keep their jobs.

[Platapus]

A bunch of children more concerned with their party than running the country.

Great empires are not conquered from without but conquered from within.

What a cancer congress has turned out to be.

I usually try to come up with a snarky and almost witty comment, but words escape me.

[Torvald Von Mansee]

Well, Obama said he'd veto any attempt to reverse the automatic spending cuts that kick in as a result of this. No doubt the SubSim conservatives shall be in here shortly to sing his praises, right? RIGHT??

[Buddahaid]

Yup. At least they got payed.

http://imgs.sfgate.com/comics/paidap...adreporter.jpg

[AVGWarhawk]

Originally Posted by Torvald Von Mansee

Well, Obama said he'd veto any attempt to reverse the automatic spending cuts that kick in as a result of this. No doubt the SubSim conservatives shall be in here shortly to sing his praises, right? RIGHT??

Yep. However, while the stupid committee was sitting around waiting for lunch over the past two weeks BO was jet setting around the globe. Perhaps his being part of the discussions with the committee would have best served the country.

[Skybird]

The trenches in this ideological warfare are so deep that you need high ladders to get a look outside. If they cannot even agree to save 1.2 billion OVER TEN YEARS, then you know what to expect of future fiscal policy in the US.

Additional to the classical ideological differences and the battle between rich and poor, a new battleline makes itself felt more and more: that between old and young people. I predict this battle over distribution of money will surpass any other former fight - in dimension, in complexity, and simultaneity of multiple fronts opening.

[AVGWarhawk]

Additional to the classical ideological differences and the battle between rich and poor, a new battleline makes itself felt more and more: that between old and young people. I predict this battle over distribution of money will surpass any other former fight - in dimension, in complexity, and simultaneity of multiple fronts opening.

I believe in good old fashion work and working hard. The 'give me' generation needs to get over the 'gimme'. The battle line between young and old people? What battle line do you speak of? When the young actually battle for something perhaps a line can be drawn at that time.

[Takeda Shingen]

Originally Posted by Skybird

The trenches in this ideological warfare are so deep that you need high ladders to get a look outside. If they cannot even agree to save 1.2 billion OVER TEN YEARS, then you know what to expect of future fiscal policy in the US.

Seriously. A drop in the bucket in terms of overall debt. The terrible irony is that there were many people, some here on this very forum, who believed (and probably still believe) that governmental gridlock would save us. Not that either party's agenda is any better. If government spending and heavy regulation could save us, this crisis would have turned around. Instead, Team D argues that the problem is they weren't able to spend enough. Conversely, if deregulation and lower taxes could have saved us, this crisis wouldn't have happened in the first place. And yet, Team R argues that that the problem is that they weren't able to cut enough.

I don't have an answer to any of this mess. I suppose this puts me in the company of all of our political leaders except for the fact that I am willing to admit this ignorance. However, I can tell you what is not working, and that is the American government.