And you believe that democrats actually HAVE a plan to address the issue? Other than taxing the shit out of the wealthy?
Either way, your suggestion is laughable. Do you really think it's possible to shut one party out of the discussion? Ridiculous. Neither will allow that to happen.
Democrats have to give on spending, republicans have to give on tax cuts. My prediction is that neither will do anything substantive until it's too late. Both parties are more interested in getting elected than in doing the right thing.
I don't know if
they have a plan or not. But I do know that every plan I've seen coming from some wing of the Democratic party whether it be the Progressive plan or Obama's plan includes both tax increases and spending cuts. Now you can argue about which tax increases and which spending cuts, but it's a start and move in the right direction.
So if you REALLY think we have to raise taxes AND cut spending, why would you hitch your wagon to elephants who definitely aren't going to do one of those things?
I think Obama should go out and say "Look, everybody knows we need to cut spending and raise taxes. The Republicans have made it clear that they're not going to raise taxes, particularly on the ones who can afford it the most. For this reason, I'm shutting them out of the discussion until they can come up with a reasonable proposal that does both."
Bake, Bush's free cash giveaway was a complete joke, but I'll admit it did help pay for my wedding so I thank him for that.