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A sweeping proposal aimed at cutting $4 trillion from the budget over the next decade failed to win enough votes Friday, December 3 to clear the commission President Obama entrusted to solve the nation's daunting fiscal problems.
The report from the 18-member deficit commission won the support of 11 members, short of the 14 necessary to be formally adopted. The vote does not preclude Congress from taking up any of the dozens of recommendations on the floor, but it virtually assures the proposals will not be considered as a single package.Co-Chairman of the deficit commission, Alan Simpson, a former Wyoming senator whose off-color comments got him in trouble several times over the course of the commission’s tenure, told reporters after the final meeting of the deficit commission he was going to “get the hell out of town and go sleep on the streets”. He gave a parting shot to those who cast doubt on the process employed by the 18-member commission.
“Democracy’s in deep trouble when the two most disgusting bodies in America are politicians and journalists,” Simpson said.
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When politicians get rich while in office and only work for the porkbarrel projects of their buddies, and journalists cover up the truth to make the news stories sell or back up their friends the only thing gained is the ability to feed their own greed. If people would look at how rich these fat cats are getting they wouldn't keep voting them in just because of their party!
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