Who’s responsible for sequestration?
The white house proposed the idea of sequestration; the
president signed the budget control act that included sequestration; the
president has said “that sequestration would not happen;” the president has
spent more time with Tiger Woods on the golf course then with congressional
leaders on how to prevent sequestration; the president has valued campaigning, fund
raising, and staged photo ops with first responder “human shields” over leading
the fight on preventing sequestration.
Why was sequestration attractive to him?
- It was part of a deal that allowed him to avoid another debt ceiling fight and raising the debit ceiling, before the election
- He welcomed the opportunity of blackmailing
republicans into making/forcing a budget deficit deal knowing the prospect of
deep military cuts (the military being a GOP constituency) that would occur if
sequestration were triggered would be abhorrent to them
To be honest with you, both parties have long been
responsible for this mess, and I welcome government cutting in whatever form it
takes – including the sequestration. As long as this “shared sacrifice” is
distributed across ALL government, and not just the DOD. Thanks to the voting
records of “low information” lemming/sheeple voters, if the sequestration kicks
in, I’ll be kissing away at least 22 percent of my income – and I’m hardly part
of the wealthy who, it’s expected, is to pay their “fair share.”
Who has and hasn’t passed a budget?
The republican controlled house offered five budgets in 2012
including one “based on President Barack Obama 2013 spending blueprint” that
were all turned down by the democratically controlled senate. Despite the
democrats holding majorities in congress and the White House most of the last
six years, they have failed – they voted down the President’s last budget 97-0;
Senate Budget Committee
Chairman Kent Conrad (D-N.D.) tried to move a budget plan this year, and was
"shut down" by Reid; and they even refuse to consider a budget based
on the president’s bipartisan Bowles-Simpson fiscal commission, which blends
revenue increases and spending cuts to tackle the deficit.
The senate has failed to offer their own budget in over three
years/1,200 days even though they are legally required to do so and this act is
one of its most basic, fundamental tasks
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