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Super Congress Debt Reduction Has Little Transparency

Tuesday, August 2, 2011


It should go without having to say that the Republican­s in this 'Super Congress' will all be against increasing revenue.

What the Democrats in this 'Super Congress' will have in common:

#1 - A philosophy that entitlemen­ts must be "part of the solution", and agree to Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, veterans care, SCHIP, etc., cuts, and

#2 - Be retiring from the Senate and not facing reelection again.  

It'll be like the 9/11 Commission in that the only people who will be in it will be those who agree to a pre-determ­ined outcome.  With the 9/11 Commission­, the ground rules were that the Commission would only submit one report, no minority dissent, that everyone had to sign on to which would only include that which everyone agreed on.  Talk about gaming the system!

I think it's safe to say that Bernie Sanders won't be in the 'Super Congress'.  

But even if Bernie Sanders were in the 'Super Congress', let's remember that Bernie Sanders caves on pledges (he voted for Obama's health insurance giveaway act despite there being no public option or mechanisms to get lowered medical treatment costs to all).
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