Mittens betrays Teabaggers, admits spending cuts would throw us into recession

[IDS Speaker Ben Kenobi]

Is deficit reduction that much more important to you than job creation -which should be our primary area of concern at this point in time, like it is on Main Street USA?  Deficit reduction is an obsession of elitists -not of ordinary voters who are more interested in where they can find a job.

High deficits followed by tax increases are going to lead to tremendous number of job losses. Getting the fiscal house in order is going to salvage jobs that would otherwise be lost longterm. Short term pain for longterm gain. 

[IDS Speaker Ben Kenobi]

2. I don't think the average unemployed middle-class person is going to prefer cutting unemployment benefits to getting a job on stimulus money.

Speaking as a middle class person, yes, I would prefer cutting unemployment benefits to getting a job on stimulus money.

[WhyteRain]

If you think the Democrats or anyone who's a part of the two-party system is far-left, you're wrong.

Do you consider Communists "far-Left"?  If not, I guess your comment makes sense.

The Communist-Democratic alliance goes back decades, from top Democratic Administration officials who spied for the USSR in the 1940s right down to today.

Democrats, Union Workers, and Communists Rally Together in Washington

http://www.lookingattheleft.com/2010/10/democrats-union-workers-and-communists-rally-together-in-washington/

Video: Communists And Democrats March Together In Occupy Wall Street Protest
http://www.westernjournalism.com/communists-and-democrats-march-together-in-occupy-wall-street-protest/

“There is room for all of us. Religious leftists, people who think peace is the answer, those who think that wholesome food is what we really need, ecologists and old-fashioned Democrats,  Democratic Socialists, Socialists and Communists.” -- Frances Fox Piven, Left Forum 2012

Elected Democrats Address a Communist Rally, Atlanta GA 2 of 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvBsZtLIblw

We could go on and on and on....

Democrats who get tired of being closely associated with Communists ought to stop blaming the people who merely notice the association.

Instead, why don't you force them away from you.  If we catch you embracing them every time -- as we constantly do, we're going to start thinking that you like them.

[cope1989]

People are still legitimately terrified of communists in this day and age?? The Cold War ended 20 years ago.

[WhyteRain]

People are still legitimately terrified of communists in this day and age?? The Cold War ended 20 years ago.

People are legitimately afraid of communists for the same reasons they're legitimately afraid of cancerous tumors -- there's that long and extensive connect with communism and unspeakable barbarity, human misery, and death to every living thing with which it comes in contact.

Or do you really want to try to make the case that the Democrats' new Communist friends aren't really like any of the bestial Communists of old?  If so, we're all ears.

[Zioneer]

I like how, even if you have the correct information, all three of your sources are completely biased towards the far right.

As for your claims... Which top Democratic officials are you talking about? And what source do you have for that?

[asexual trans victimologist]

People are still legitimately terrified of communists in this day and age?? The Cold War ended 20 years ago.

People are legitimately afraid of communists for the same reasons they're legitimately afraid of cancerous tumors -- there's that long and extensive connect with communism and unspeakable barbarity, human misery, and death to every living thing with which it comes in contact.

The same is true of pretty much every political ideology that attains the status of a metanarrative.

[shua]

People are still legitimately terrified of communists in this day and age?? The Cold War ended 20 years ago.

People are legitimately afraid of communists for the same reasons they're legitimately afraid of cancerous tumors -- there's that long and extensive connect with communism and unspeakable barbarity, human misery, and death to every living thing with which it comes in contact.

The same is true of pretty much every political ideology that attains the status of a metanarrative.

Ah, metanarratives: can't live with em; can't live without em.

[Badger]

Okay , how would you balance the budget in one year without negatively affecting the economy?

What benefits do civil servants provide the economy? They don't contribute anything, so firing them will save taxpayers money and increase the number of private sector jobs.

That's the kind of utter know-nothing hackery one would expect from Wormyguy or Krazy, Ben. I'm genuinely disappointed that an at least superficially thoughtful guy like you would turn out to believe such utter ideological claptrap devoid of reality.

[Badger]

Sounds like common sense -we'll see if he has the spine to stick with his position after getting raked over the coals by the Tea Party that wants everything and wants it now!  

Say what you will about the Tea Party but they're ahead of the curve considering every single registered voter should be demanding fiscal responsibility now; If the Senate doesn't want to release budgets we shouldn't be re-electing them, If the House doesn't want to compramise we shouldn't be re electing them.Fiscal responsibilty is a common theme that should pass all party barriers.

A new government study released Tuesday says that allowing Bush-era tax cuts to expire and a scheduled round of automatic spending cuts to take effect would probably throw the economy into a recession by 2013.

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO), a nonpartisan agency of Congress that produces economic analysis and estimates of the cost of legislation, report says that the economy will shrink by 1.3 percent in the first half of next year if the government is allowed to fall off this so-called “fiscal cliff” on Jan. 1 — and that the higher tax rates and more than $100 billion in automatic cuts to the Pentagon and domestic agencies are kept in place.

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/fiscal-cliff-cbo-predicts-recession-in-2013-unless-serious-action-taken/#comments

Slashing tax revenue is as much a sign of "fiscal responsibility" as a meal regimen of double cheeseburgers is "dieting".

[Sibboleth]

I'm genuinely disappointed that an at least superficially thoughtful guy like you would turn out to believe such utter ideological claptrap devoid of reality.

He's named himself for a character in Star Wars, so...

[Badger]

Btw, I have accidentally put someone else on "ignore".  Can someone tell me how I can "un-ignore" them?  (I don't want to "ignore" anyone.)

Based on your recent screeds, I doubt that view is widely reciprocated.

[Badger]

If you think the Democrats or anyone who's a part of the two-party system is far-left, you're wrong.

Do you consider Communists "far-Left"?  If not, I guess your comment makes sense.

The Communist-Democratic alliance goes back decades, from top Democratic Administration officials who spied for the USSR in the 1940s right down to today.

Democrats, Union Workers, and Communists Rally Together in Washington

http://www.lookingattheleft.com/2010/10/democrats-union-workers-and-communists-rally-together-in-washington/

Video: Communists And Democrats March Together In Occupy Wall Street Protest
http://www.westernjournalism.com/communists-and-democrats-march-together-in-occupy-wall-street-protest/

“There is room for all of us. Religious leftists, people who think peace is the answer, those who think that wholesome food is what we really need, ecologists and old-fashioned Democrats,  Democratic Socialists, Socialists and Communists.” -- Frances Fox Piven, Left Forum 2012

Elected Democrats Address a Communist Rally, Atlanta GA 2 of 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvBsZtLIblw

We could go on and on and on....

Democrats who get tired of being closely associated with Communists ought to stop blaming the people who merely notice the association.

Instead, why don't you force them away from you.  If we catch you embracing them every time -- as we constantly do, we're going to start thinking that you like them.

You, sir, are simply precious!

[Badger]

I'm genuinely disappointed that an at least superficially thoughtful guy like you would turn out to believe such utter ideological claptrap devoid of reality.

He's named himself for a character in Star Wars, so...

Yeah, but a perceptive and wise character.

Alas, the comparison stops there.