Under the pressure of a deadline to raise the debt ceiling this past weekend, John Boehner walked away from negotiations and left our country out to dry… or should I say default. He is so against raising taxes, meaning bringing in revenue which we need desperately, that he was willing to let the country go into default, the world financial system collapse, and possibly drag us into a double dip recession. I know there is no guarantee that that would all happen, but it is Russian roulette and he was more than willing to pull the trigger.
So, to save our collective asses, Harry Reid has put together a plan to get negotiations started again, but he gave up the raise in taxes just to bring the other side back to the negotiating table. Democrats were blackmailed once before on the tax issue. They handed over their backbones and begged them to please come back and try again.
Remember a few months ago, when we were on the verge of government shutdown. It was the same style of negotiations, either the Republican way or the highway, and Democrats gave in back then too.
Don’t the Democrats know once you pay off a blackmailer, they always come back for more. Well, they are and so America will continue to pay the lowest taxes in the past 60 years and the government will continue to be broke. Cut spending all you want Republicans and watch who suffers. Oh, not you guys. You still get your $174,000 salary a year plus medical, pensions and all your other goodies… while lower class and middle class America bleeds to death.