Super Committee=Same Old Same Old

[Stschil]

The Council of 12 is proving to be just a mini version of the House and Senate.

From the looks of this article, it's the same BS, just on a smaller level.

Deficit-cutting supercommittee has its work cut out for it | The Indianapolis Star | indystar.com

In addition to the original goal of cutting long-term deficits, Democrats want much or all of Obama's week-old $447 billion jobs proposal put on the agenda, significantly increasing the amount of savings that must be found.

Boehner responded from the Capitol, where he said the president was seeking "permanent tax increases put into effect in order to pay for temporary spending

 

[RockofStrength]

It was merely a measure to prevent change from disturbing the two-party sameness. The odds of getting anyone who isn't a party-line bootlicker in a place to actually influence things were greatly reduced when they made this little committee.

Working as intended, nothing to see here.

 

[insanemonkey]

It was a bad idea from the start and is doing what it was intended to do. Limit who has a say in the "solution". It is easier to control 12 people. I hope that all it does in waste tax payer dollars, by all the dumb meeting they will have. I fear that if anything comes out of it. The result will only serve to hurt this country further.