- Across the board spending cuts with no analysis of what should be cut as wasteful versus what spending is functional.
- Democrat intransigence on meaningful spending cuts and entitlement reforms.
- Republican intransigence on refusing to close tax breaks for private-jet owners, et. al.
Now, I'm not a fan of Oklahoma in general, but Tom Coburn's Senate testimony today was extremely lucid, on-point, and for the first time from a politician - honest. Even John Kerry seemed to recognize as such, and almost seemed like he was ready to come to terms like a leader, rather than the self-serving politician he is.
This should have been hammered out months ago. Then as the deadline approached, weeks ago; then days ago. Now, there's not enough time to cut wasteful spending; the only cuts that can be made are across the board, which is extremely inefficient and ineffective.
Had I known that my countrymen were so obtuse, I would have bought silver, gold, bullets and a bunker rather than my SLV puts. Here's a bit from Marco Rubio, since I couldn't find Tom Coburn's.
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