So the defense lobbyists want Granny to eat catfood so the defense budget doesn’t take a hit:
[…]“Regardless of who wins, the big deal will have tax increases and spending cuts,” said one defense lobbyist, who asked not to be identified. “The ratio will just be different. With taxes playing a smaller role in a Republican plan, entitlement programs like Medicare will have to play a bigger one to protect defense.”
The defense lobbyist said it’s just too soon to tell what lawmakers might settle on as a potential alternate deal. “Any number being floated for additional defense cuts is complete conjecture,” he said.
But the lobbyist did say he thought tea party lawmakers could go along with an alternative deal.
They’re content as long as money comes from somewhere else, he said. “They’re just concerned about cutting; they don’t care where it comes from.”
“It’s time to find the cuts somewhere else,” the lobbyist said. “The defense community should be more outspoken on
entitlements.”That could include the politically sensitive “entitlements” included in the defense budget, including pay and
benefits for troops — another reason a deal would have to come after the election and perhaps early in the tenure of a new Congress.
Levin’s “$587 billion” figure includes $487 billion in “cuts” already agreed to (i.e. cuts from previously projected increase, still allowing the Pentagon budget to increase with inflation), so that’s only $100 billion in real cuts for the Pentagon. Not so much, really – but enough to send them after your earned benefits. Nice!
These defense industry folks are dependent on government, so they will vote for Obama!
Can’t wait for that lame duck, ZOMG the cliff, session. Barry will have an opportunity to show that there are no hard feelings by precompromising and giving the CATFOOD team an 80/20 cuts/tax deal. Which he will craftily bargain down to 90/10.
Our only hope, ironically, is that the Tea Party wingnuts will balk at even that.
All the very serious people in the village say it’s the right thing to do.
You’re right, Liz, it’s all rigged.
Can you say, “Meow?”
We’re all living on borrowed time, insolvent banks and the next food and or water scarcity crisis.
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If you’re really interested in how Karl Rove strategizes do some research on Joseph Goebbles. Goebbles scapegoated the Jews, labor unions, socialists, communists and the lazy left. That’s how he got Hitler elected. Rove doesn’t scapegoat the Jews (he needs their money too much) but he does go after all of those other groups. Mitt’s 47%.