that idea is far left of what the discussion even is at this point. the tp has successfuly changed the discussion about fiscal responsibility and that is a plus but its now time for them to shut it and deal.
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I'm no TP'er...by any stretch...
But, employing a "shut it and deal" strategy has landed us where we are today - continuing to unabatedly spend trillions of dollars which we simply do not have, and acting as if we can do so without (serious) long-term repercussions. An argument could easily be made that it's the policy of fiscal madness, really, where both sides of the aisle are to blame, insofar as each has let our overspending go essentially unchallenged and unchanged for years - aside from the obligatorily semantical election-speak and meaningless posturing.
So, if the TP'ers are going to force the issue to a head, and move the issue beyond merely "changing the discussion" - I'm all for it, as should anyone who has even a rudimentary understanding of basic arithmetic.
Here's a quick self-awareness quiz that will aide in determining if you meet this notably low, yet effective standard:
If Johnny has $7.28 and he wants to buy something that costs 3 trillion dollars (and I mean he really, really, REALLY wants this thing)- should he borrow money from the mob - knowing that it will not only sentence his current family to a life of prostitution, but will commit the next 12 generations into a life of slavery (and likely to his mortal enemy)?
If you answered, "No" then you get what I'm saying, and it should be relatively easy for you to navigate the remaining issues which are involved.
If you responded, "Yes" - well, you're best seated on the "part of the problem" side
of this issue, and should just resume parusing the Internet for your mom's plus-sized fishnet stockings, because she's going to need all of the corner action she can get if we're going to make this upcoming loan payment.
It's not only time that someone refused to sacrifice the merits of a position merely for the sake of decorum (i.e. "playing ball"), it's embarrassingly and egregiously long overdue.
Of course, I am keenly aware of the fact that holding this position makes me: stupid, near-sighted, ignorant and/or incapable of understanding the many various and nuanced components of the issue, as posing a straw-man argument (or feel free to select and insert your favorite cause for the invalidation of an argument....*HERE*), racist, sexist, elitist, a sectionalist, a secessionist, homophobic, Zionist, anti-semitic redneck, hillbilly closeted "white is right" xenophobe.
Or simply, que LG's long-broken record of wild and entirely baseless allegations accusing me of being secretly motivated by any number of hidden prejudice(s)* - and let's just dance the night away, baby, amidst a bonfire of $1,000 bills, ostensibly, which the Chinese have re-loaned to us at 276% interest, of course.
*Oddly, I presume that the flip side of LG's record features several other, though far lesser-known tracks, consisting of Broadway show tunes being interspersed amongst the sounds of migrating whales - all with a subliminally looped undertone of Bill Mahr telling him how much smarter he is than everyone else and how "totally awesome" it would be to appear European, and which concludes with George Clooney chastising us for caring about our own nation, given the current upheaval in Darfur. But, that's just my guess, really, however likely it may be.
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