Tea Party Gets Hosed...Again
Quick note:
Today's announcement by House GOP leaders that the GOP is no longer insisting that the payroll tax extension be offset with spending cuts is just the latest in what now has to be considered to be a series of failures by the tea party to exert any significant influence on a final spending or tax decision.
First, the continuing resolution approved last April for all of 2012 reduced spending by only millions of dollars when the tea party had been insisting on $100 billion.
Second, the debt ceiling deal increased the government's borrowing limit when the tea party initially demanded that it not be increased at all. And at least some of the spending cuts it included, which were a fraction of what the tea party wanted, could be reduced further if the sequester is modified or canceled.
Third, the payroll tax cut was extended in December over the tea party's objections.
And fourth is today's announcement that offsetting spending cuts for extending the payroll tax cut again will no longer be required.
Is it really possible the tea partiers in the House don't realize that they're not as important as they say they are?
"Is it really possible the
"Is it really possible the tea partiers in the House don't realize that they're not as important as they say they are?"
Much more debt to come. Bet on a debt ceiling battle before the election.
Seems planned doesn't it?
"tea party" ? what's that ?
"tea party" ? what's that ? British ex-pats getting together to remember the old country ?
Seriously now, we haven't really heard from the "tea party" since Nov. 2010. It was created to fulfill a purpose and then put in the Kochs ice-box for future use.
I think we'll start seeing the Kochs pulling the "tea party" from their ice-box and foisting it on the country some time around April-May when the weather gets better and the Medicare/SS recipients can go out and protest against the Kenyan usurper at the behest of those who want to destroy Medicare/SS.