Congress tries to disable automatic spending cuts (they're "concerned" about automatic defense cuts)

[Cali_Democrat]

By SEUNG MIN KIM | 1/17/12 12:09 AM EST

The deficit-slashing supercommittee left Congress with quite the mess to mop up in 2012.

With each day that ticks by, the nation becomes a bit closer to a painful round of automatic budget cuts that the 12-member supercommittee failed to prevent because of its members’ inability to agree on a $1.2 trillion deal to cut the deficit.

So, despite a veto threat from President Barack Obama, congressional Republicans and a handful of Democrats have vowed to somehow unravel the spending cuts this year — which are scheduled to hit defense and domestic programs equally in January 2013.

“I’m very concerned about the defense cuts in sequestration, but it’s also the cuts to nondefense discretionary [that] are also devastating,” Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) told POLITICO. “Ultimately, I think there’s a very strong feeling that it’s not going to go into effect.”

Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0112/71491.html

[elleng]

1. Surprise, Surprise!

[bluestateguy]

2. You want your treats for the military, then raise taxes on the rich

nt

[DJ13]

3. If they only cared as much for the poor as they care about war

[Motown_Johnny]

4. Tell them "Fine, raise the revenues and we won't need to cut as much"

How about a 10 to 1 ratio? You know, you wouldn't give us a 10 to 1 ratio when you had the leverage so now we will be the reasonable ones and be willing to cut one dollar for every ten dollars in increased revenue.


You're welcome

[no_hypocrisy]

5. Maybe Joe's worried about his submarine base in Groton?

[DCKit]

6. The day they fell into that trap, it was all over DU.

Lose-Lose for the warmongers, and we saw it coming from a mile away.