“The individuals doing this work will not be outsiders, but elected representatives of the people, doing the job they were elected to do as outlined in the Constitution. Those decisions should be made based on how they will affect people who are struggling to get a job, not how they affect some politician’s chances of getting reelected.”

Let us now continue the mission and pass a law that makes real cuts in spending – not reductions of proposed increases. These cuts should be front loaded, not in the “out years”.  This law must be decidedly UNBALANCED: far more dollars in cuts than what the debt ceiling is raised (4:1 being ideal). Make it a short term version that lays the base for passing a balanced budget amendment to the U.S. Constitution in short order. Any further compromise would be useless bacause we will not avoid a credit downgrade and we will have once again allowed our values to be stricken from the final result.

At the end of the day, what plan can the liberal democrats of the Senate – and the President for that matter – sow for all their blather? The other side has nothing to offer except class warfare, exagerration and scaring the daylights out of seniors with their outright lies on social security payments being threatened by Republicans. They have have shown a complete lack of leadership.

taking that first large bite out of our debt will be the deciding factor in preserving our triple A credit rating. Continue to show leadership and determination my brave house Republicans. Now is the time to show your constituents exactly how we will bring economic greatness back into the American lexicon. Show them what fiscal discipline will do to improve our sagging economy and spiraling unemployment rate. Show all Americans that fiscal responsibility is spelled T-E-A  P-A-R-T-Y.