GOP: We’ve been lying all along
I never thought Id write these words, but here goes: thank you, John Boehner. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, for finally admitting on national television that all the fiscal cliffs, sequestrations and budget battles youve created are, indeed, artificially fabricated by ideologues and self-interested politicians and not the result of some imminent crisis thats out of our control.
America owes this debt of gratitude to Boehner after he finally came clean on yesterdays edition of ABCs This Week and admitted that we do not have an immediate debt crisis. (His admission was followed up by Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, who quickly echoed much the same sentiment on CBS Face the Nation).
In offering up such a stunningly honest admission, the GOP leader has put himself on record as agreeing with President Obama, who has previously acknowledged that demonstrable reality. But the big news here isnt just about the politics of a Republican House Speaker tacitly admitting they agree with a Democratic president. It is also about a bigger admission revealing the fact that the GOPs fiscal alarmism is not merely some natural reaction to reality, but a calculated means to other ideological ends.
Before considering those ends, first remember that Boehner (like Obama) is correct on the facts.
http://www.salon.com/2013/03/18/boehners_debt_confession_reveals_gops_intentions/
I KNEW IT!! There IS no debt crisis. The GOP has been out to destroy the social safety net for no other reason but deliberately to steal earned benefits and to seek dictatorial power. We've been onto them all along on DU!