The American people get it, and through the Tea Party movement, (Harry Reid says they are fading and irrelevant) are demanding that the federal government cut spending significantly. We do not have a revenue problem, we have a spending problem. The government, which historically collected and spent about 19 percent of our gross domestic product, is headed past 25 percent, unless they cut spending immediately. American voters went to the polls and "graded" the Democrats, delivering to them a big “F.” We are now seeing the consequences of the shellacking Obama’s party took. Obama has not only failed to lead on the debt issue, but flip-flopped on multiple occasions. With no real presidential leadership, the terms of this debate have been set by Paul Ryan and the GOP on how much we should reduce deficit spending. The GOP plan reduces spending by $6.2 trillion, removes $2.5 trillion of new taxes proposed by Obama, bends the cost curve down on Medicare/Medicaid, and significantly reduces the drag on our economy, by repealing ObamaCare. Ryan block-grants Medicare/Medicaid dollars to states, so they can find more efficient ways to better deliver medical care.
What a surprise! Obama has again run from the back of the parade, grabbing the baton from the grand marshal, and yelling, “I am in charge.” Few will listen, because a growing majority of the public discounts what he says. The good news is that he finally says he wants to cut the deficit, and the bad news is, his rote liberal answer will be to gut defense, plus tax, tax, and again tax the "rich." In addition, Obama’s solution for delivering Medicare/Medicaid will be a failed Moscow/D.C. bureaucratic top-down approach favored by progressives that believe in a large federal government. Anyone paying attention knows Obama and the Democrats promised to bend the cost curve down on medical care, but so far, all they have done is bend the truth. It is time for the GOP to take their "you lie moments" on directly. We cannot have an honest national debate when one side continues to fabricate "the truth" to the American people.
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