What's better? Super committee fails? Or succeeds?

[democrat_patriot]

The trigger provides across the board cuts - SS, medicaid and medicare are basically exempt.

Is that better? Defense also gets cut. And revenues are raised on the wealthy.

[Ship of Fools]

1. MAYBE the dems are putting it on the table to CAUSE deadlock --

asking Rs to increase taxes, which they won't.

Nah. Too logical.

[democrat_patriot]

3. It would be easier for both sides if it fails

Than they can each blame the other side for not 'negotiating' in good faith - and the cuts happen.

Personally I hope they stalemate and the triggers kick in - in 2013....

[Bragi]

2. A fail is better

The fall-back plan is something the Dems think they can live with, even though they shouldn't.

Any brokered deal, to happen, will have to have more GOP-friendly cuts in it.

A fail is therefore better for America.

[Horse with no Name]

4. Death by a thousand cuts or by a large single swift cut

is still death.

Just depends on your preference.

Interesting that our discussion can only be is how little pain are we going to suffer instead of how much benefit we will be getting. Sigh.

Hope and change. Rah Rah. Blech.

[Javaman]

11. +1 nt

[Downwinder]

5. I say "Let them Die." Since they are talking about letting me die.

[Yupster]

6. My prediction

They will pick option C.

Congress will pass a last minute continuing resolution funding the government with cosmetic cuts.

The Supercommittee would have reached its goal which was to get past the emotion of the summer and let everyone keep spending like drunken sailors without raising taxes.

[democrat_patriot]

8. Option D?

The extend the time frame for the committee - the Bush tax cuts expire. Everything turns around?

Yeah right.

Or Obama re-elected and they stop the cuts before 2013?

[ThomWV]

7. Just the creation of the Super Committee alone signals the failure of Government to function

[Javaman]

12. +1

exactly right.

I have been saying this all along and have been flamed for it.

it's nothing but a sham committee run by the rich to justify the screw job to the middle and poor classes.

[HopeHoops]

9. Who cares. They've already gutted the Constitution. The 1% owns Congress. We're fucked.

[dtexdem]

10. What's best? Super committee is ignored, and the required cuts confined to the military.

But, then, what's best won't happen.

[Hell Hath No Fury]

13. Let's be honest --

The People are fucked either way. One way with lube, the other without. As was planned. :mad:

[Marr]

14. It's best just to recognize who set up this trap.

The entire political establishment did it (Republicans and Democrats, Congress and the White House), after they couldn't get it through during the so-called "debt crisis" a few months back. Now they can make any draconian cuts to the 99%'s interests that they want, and claim to be "saving us".

[woo me with science]

15. It is a bipartisan theft of America for the one percent,

because the one percent has purchased our government.

People need to stop trying to rewrite history. We are all here watching, for god's sake.

[jtown1123]

16. Fails. No doubt n/t