Fox News - President Obama, after watching the deficit Super Committee collapse under the weight of partisan discord, on Tuesday urged Congress to prevent that failure from resulting in a payroll tax increase at the end of the year. Some on the so-called Super Committee were hoping to include the payroll tax extension, along with an extension of unemployment aid, in a final agreement to cut the deficit by $1.2 trillion. The provision, passed last year, was one of Obama's signature policies and something he has pushed for as part of a larger jobs package that has yet to attract widespread support in Congress. Without a deficit deal, the future of the cut and numerous other provisions is unclear.
Can we just fire this Deficit Panel Super-committee epic fail collective? Like not from the committee, but from Congress in general? In what normal, everyday job could you fail so miserably, that even before your actual deadline, you just walk out and tell your boss and fellow employees, "welp, we tried, but its just too hard, bottom line, we're not going to do it," and still keep your job? It's fucking unfathomable.
If Obama had any spine as a leader he'd lock those asshats in a room in the Capitol building with a pack of turkey cold cuts and tell them Happy Fucking Thanksgiving, you're not coming out until you figure this shit out. Why isn't that the solution here?
And PS: I can't help but think that maybe, just maybe, we'd be a little closer to a deal with the Senate wasn't running around worried about things like freaking baggage fees. Guys, baggage fees suck, but you know what really sucks? A broke country. Broke, like collecting food stamps and government cheese from China, broke(I'm just guessing, but Chinese gov't cheese probably tastes like cow-taint). I mean, hey, thanks for stepping up on this, but it just seems like maybe there's more pressing matters. Maybe you wanna just drop everything and figure this thing out and just put it behind you once and for all?
I'm as big a procrastinator as there is, I leave everything to the last minute, I get it. But there's always that one point where its like, ok, screw it, time to get shit done...I go grab the tallest coffee Dunkin Donuts can legally provide, and I plow through whatever is on my plate...And I feel fantastic once its done, like a huge weight has been lifted, all of a sudden you've got all the free time in the world, its amazing.
