Debt Reduction Talks

The nation and world are watching with bated breath as our President and the Congress are embroiled in negotiations over the budget, the debt ceiling and the borrowing power of the United States. Whichever side you're on in these talks, the numbers are staggering. When you start talking about multiple trillions of dollars, my mind boggles at the amount of money they're talking. However, when you get right down to it, both sides are being dishonest with us and most Americans don't really understand the time lines.

This ain't next year, folks, this is 10 years down the road.

The president also scheduled a news conference for 11 a.m. Monday at the White House on the negotiations, in which he is still pushing to include tax increases as part of a $4 trillion deal over 10 years. (emphasis mine)

Ten years? Whaddya mean ten years?

The President isn't going to be the President in 10 years. Hopefully in early 2013 he and Michelle will start packing for Chicago after the largest electoral defeat in history. Failing that, in early 2017 he'll go into retirement, making tons of money on the speaking circuit.

Same thing for Boehner, Cantor, and the whole lot of the Congress. They likely will not be around in 10 years. That's five whole Congresses from now. They're making deals that won't be realized until 2021. That's a hell of a shell game. They won't be around to influence the action. The whole bunch of them are tying the hands of the American people on a deal that many of us will never see.

The whole bunch are horribly dishonest, but I blame Obama, who's running these talks. I'm not really interested in what's going to happen in 10 years, I'm interested in what he's going to do next year. Show me a 4 trillion dollar deal that's going to happen next year and we'll talk. Until then, he's just another lying politician.

Ten years my ass. What are we going to do about next year? If my vote counts for anything, he won't be around past then.