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Faryn Balyncd
Faryn Balyncd's Journal
Faryn Balyncd's Journal
January 24, 2013
How often, in a lifetime, do we witness oratory like this?
Was this not a most rare level of profundity?
For history tells us that while these truths may be self-evident, they’ve never been self-executing. That while freedom is a gift from God, it must be secured by his people here on earth.
How often, in a lifetime, do we witness oratory like this?
January 2, 2013
14th amendment:
"Section 4:The validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and bonuses for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be questioned. But neither the United States nor any state shall assume or pay any debt or obligation incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion against the United States, or any claim for the loss or emancipation of any slave; but all such debts, obligations and claims shall be held illegal and void."
Isn't it time the unconstitutional pretenses of the extortionists be ended?
Isn't now the time for a constitutional showdown with the "debt ceiling" extortionists?
14th amendment:
"Section 4:The validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and bonuses for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be questioned. But neither the United States nor any state shall assume or pay any debt or obligation incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion against the United States, or any claim for the loss or emancipation of any slave; but all such debts, obligations and claims shall be held illegal and void."
Isn't it time the unconstitutional pretenses of the extortionists be ended?
January 1, 2013
Is it a mere coincidence that the same Rep. Tom Cole (R-Ok) who said on MSNBC this morning,
"We now have a great deal more leverage against the White House."
is the same Tom Cole who just 2 days ago predicted the following:
But including “chained CPI” would be “extremely helpful” to ensure that some spending cuts occur alongside tax cuts for millions of Americans, said Rep. Tom Cole (R-Okla.).
“I think the White House was willing to put that on the table. Now they’re trying to pull that back,” he said, but added: “At the end of the day, I don’t know that it’s critical, because it’s going to come up for discussion again. Sooner or later it’s going to happen.”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2012/12/30/waiting-and-watching-in-the-house/
Would it be an overstatement to conclude that in the next fight over Social Security/"chained CPI" in February, we will face rather emboldened adversaries?
A SS-slasher Republican says "We now have a great deal more leverage against the White House."
Is it a mere coincidence that the same Rep. Tom Cole (R-Ok) who said on MSNBC this morning,
"We now have a great deal more leverage against the White House."
is the same Tom Cole who just 2 days ago predicted the following:
But including “chained CPI” would be “extremely helpful” to ensure that some spending cuts occur alongside tax cuts for millions of Americans, said Rep. Tom Cole (R-Okla.).
“I think the White House was willing to put that on the table. Now they’re trying to pull that back,” he said, but added: “At the end of the day, I don’t know that it’s critical, because it’s going to come up for discussion again. Sooner or later it’s going to happen.”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2012/12/30/waiting-and-watching-in-the-house/
Would it be an overstatement to conclude that in the next fight over Social Security/"chained CPI" in February, we will face rather emboldened adversaries?
January 1, 2013
A major tactical advantage for the President in the negotiations has been that the failure of a deal would trigger the expiration of all Bush tax cuts, and that as of January 1, all rates would revert to Clinton levels, which would negate the Norquist pledge and allow the President to propose a renewal of middle class tax cuts without the tax cuts to the 1%, placing Republicans in a bind.
The deal is said to postpone the sequester a mere 2 months.
A question:
By the terms of the deal, will all Bush tax cuts be (again) set to expire in two months, or will the compromise set new PERMANENT tax cuts on income up to $400K?
If the latter is true, will the deal diminish the negotiating position of the President in the next showdown in 2 months (by removing the fact that doing nothing will allow the expiration of the surviving Bush tax cuts on income up to $400)?
Will the deal make the surviving Bush tax cuts permanent?
A major tactical advantage for the President in the negotiations has been that the failure of a deal would trigger the expiration of all Bush tax cuts, and that as of January 1, all rates would revert to Clinton levels, which would negate the Norquist pledge and allow the President to propose a renewal of middle class tax cuts without the tax cuts to the 1%, placing Republicans in a bind.
The deal is said to postpone the sequester a mere 2 months.
A question:
By the terms of the deal, will all Bush tax cuts be (again) set to expire in two months, or will the compromise set new PERMANENT tax cuts on income up to $400K?
If the latter is true, will the deal diminish the negotiating position of the President in the next showdown in 2 months (by removing the fact that doing nothing will allow the expiration of the surviving Bush tax cuts on income up to $400)?
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