Revenue must be part of any budget deal: Harry Reid

The top Senate Democrat said on Sunday tax revenue must be part of any deal to replace looming automatic spending cuts, despite Republican warnings that they will not buckle over this issue after conceding on tax rises for the rich a month ago.

[Le Jimbo]

GFY Harry, you commie pimp.

[Ninthman]

Ried is senile and dangerous.

[MD Conservative]

OMFG! Republicans already caved into Democrat demands on higher taxes. Now the Democrats are demanding more taxes, with increased spending? Democrats truly are brain dead.

[Cary L Nickel]

MD Conservative wrote:

OMFG! Republicans already caved into Democrat demands on higher taxes. Now the Democrats are demanding more taxes, with increased spending? Democrats truly are brain dead.

Actually, the socialist Democrats appear to be very smart. They almost ALWAYS get so-called "conservatives" to cave to their demands, and then demand more. That's been their modus operandi for decades, and it's always worked.

And the sheep keep re-electing them, so why should they change anything?

[WeTheSheeple]

Let the sequestration happen; it's the only way spending will be cut. And this is just a drop in the bucket compared to the cuts necessary to actually balance the budget, much less pay down the debt.

All the whining & hysteria over these tiny cuts.

[WeTheSheeple]

We have over $1 TRILLION annual deficits.

It's going to take MASSIVE spending cuts AND MASSIVE taxation to ever get a balanced budget.

And people are whining about a $1.2 trillion in cuts over a 10 year period? That's only $120 million in cuts per year.

Again, we need to cut over a TRILLION dollars EVERY YEAR just to balance the budget.

[MD Conservative]

WeTheSheeple wrote:

We have over $1 TRILLION annual deficits.
It's going to take MASSIVE spending cuts AND MASSIVE taxation to ever get a balanced budget.
And people are whining about a $1.2 trillion in cuts over a 10 year period? That's only $120 million in cuts per year.
Again, we need to cut over a TRILLION dollars EVERY YEAR just to balance the budget.

"$1.2 trillion in cuts over a 10 year period? That's only $120 million in cuts per year"

$120 billion/year. Still the amount is negligible in the broad scope. The cuts should be deeper.

[WeTheSheeple]

MD Conservative wrote:

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"$1.2 trillion in cuts over a 10 year period? That's only $120 million in cuts per year"
$120 billion/year. Still the amount is negligible in the broad scope. The cuts should be deeper.

Ooops, thanks for catching my typo.

But yes, my point is still valid.

All this bitching & moaning over $120 billion in cuts per year when our annual deficts are over $1 trillion per year.

[new hammer time]

MD Conservative wrote:

OMFG! Republicans already caved into Democrat demands on higher taxes. Now the Democrats are demanding more taxes, with increased spending? Democrats truly are brain dead.

deficit spending and higher taxes keep the goodies coming to your local suburban white communities.

[tha Professor]

More revenue and less wasteful spending, especially on "Defense," have to go hand in hand. But err on the side of more spending when you're in a recession. If Republicans are too stupid to understand this and continue to fight for cuts, cuts, and more cuts, we will be back in a recession.

And they will blame Obama. And they will be lying, as usual.

[tha Professor]

WeTheSheeple wrote:

We have over $1 TRILLION annual deficits.
It's going to take MASSIVE spending cuts AND MASSIVE taxation to ever get a balanced budget.
And people are whining about a $1.2 trillion in cuts over a 10 year period? That's only $120 million in cuts per year.
Again, we need to cut over a TRILLION dollars EVERY YEAR just to balance the budget.

What we need to realize is that recovery, NOT the debt or yearly deficits, is the most important thing.

Foolishly cutting spending to serve the cause of an unnecessary and purely ideological need to "balance the budget" would be self-destructive.

[new hammer time]

Ninthman wrote:

Ried is senile and dangerous.

and mitch mcSENILEconnell escapes? there needs to be an age limit as to how long a congressperson serves......hit 62 and thats it.

[new hammer time]

Cary L Nickel wrote:

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Actually, the socialist Democrats appear to be very smart. They almost ALWAYS get so-called "conservatives" to cave to their demands, and then demand more. That's been their modus operandi for decades, and it's always worked.
And the sheep keep re-electing them, so why should they change anything?

your ppl. benefit the greatest....so, shut the hell up

[new hammer time]

WeTheSheeple wrote:

Let the sequestration happen; it's the only way spending will be cut. And this is just a drop in the bucket compared to the cuts necessary to actually balance the budget, much less pay down the debt.
All the whining & hysteria over these tiny cuts.

those contractors for the defense industry will revolt and seek to start a revolution. they greatly benefit from frivilous spending.

[new hammer time]

MD Conservative wrote:

<quoted text>
"$1.2 trillion in cuts over a 10 year period? That's only $120 million in cuts per year"
$120 billion/year. Still the amount is negligible in the broad scope. The cuts should be deeper.

make more cuts and see hysterical turmoil in the job market like we've never seen before. end the damn afghan war and close embassies and don't give shyt to any foreign country.

[Cary L Nickel]

new hammer time wrote:

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your ppl. benefit the greatest....so, shut the hell up

No.

Exactly who are my "ppl"? And how do they benefit?

[Cary L Nickel]

tha Professor wrote:

More revenue and less wasteful spending, especially on "Defense," have to go hand in hand. But err on the side of more spending when you're in a recession. If Republicans are too stupid to understand this and continue to fight for cuts, cuts, and more cuts, we will be back in a recession.
And they will blame Obama. And they will be lying, as usual.

And now back to the real world:

It is liberals who are too stupid to realize that our government cannot spend us out of recession.

The only way grow our economy is to reduce the regulatory burden that drives economic activity away from the United States.

Get Obama and the Democrats foot off the throat of business, and our economy will grow, guaranteed.

So yes, it is indeed Obama's fault that we have the debt we currently do, and it is also Obama's fault that our this recession has lasted as long as it has.

[MD Conservative]

tha Professor wrote:

More revenue and less wasteful spending, especially on "Defense," have to go hand in hand. But err on the side of more spending when you're in a recession. If Republicans are too stupid to understand this and continue to fight for cuts, cuts, and more cuts, we will be back in a recession.
And they will blame Obama. And they will be lying, as usual.

Prof, we have spent trillions by Bush and Obama. To what end? What is the result? Unemployment is still high. Economy struggling. GDP:Debt is close to 110%. We need to cut spending, not spend more.

[new hammer time]

Cary L Nickel wrote:

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And now back to the real world:
It is liberals who are too stupid to realize that our government cannot spend us out of recession.
The only way grow our economy is to reduce the regulatory burden that drives economic activity away from the United States.
Get Obama and the Democrats foot off the throat of business, and our economy will grow, guaranteed.
So yes, it is indeed Obama's fault that we have the debt we currently do, and it is also Obama's fault that our this recession has lasted as long as it has.

its not Obamas fault. this shyt started way before he became President.
you white ppl. are the reason for this downward spiral....greed graft money laundering is the norm in y'alls world of capitialism. the motto is: "get it quick and exit out the side door with the cash before someone detects that it was a robbery."

[new hammer time]

MD Conservative wrote:

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Prof, we have spent trillions by Bush and Obama. To what end? What is the result? Unemployment is still high. Economy struggling. GDP:Debt is close to 110%. We need to cut spending, not spend more.

spending cannot be cut, its systemic. ppl. should stop asking the gov't to fund stupid shyt. how bout we suspend spending for one year for everything.