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Debt Deal = Satan Sandwhich

August 4, 2011

The debt ceiling deal is a cruel joke and a complete fraud.

Barack Obama doesn't have to worry about the debt ceiling again until after the 2012 election which he will win hands down - especially after he and Hillary pull a rabbit out of the hat and broker a "false" peace deal in Israel. (Read future articles for details).

The Washington Debt Deal has NO SPENDING CUTS until after the 2012 election.  The way the political game is played in Washington - if you don’t get something (like spending cuts) right away, you probably won't get it at all.

THE PHONY BUDGET CUTS

The Republicans have traded a massive debt ceiling increase for the possibility of comparatively tiny budget cuts in the future.  Meanwhile, this deal establishes a new “Super Congress” that threatens to negatively alter America's political system.

The idea that the Tea Party won this Debt Deal battle is rubbish. But what about the $917 billion in “immediate” spending cuts that the Republicans are getting as part of this deal? Well, they aren’t really spending cuts at all.  Rather, they are SPENDING CAPS. The future spending increases are being cancelled and the "puppet" politicians are selling it as “spending cuts”.

What is even sadder is that the $917 billion is spread over ten years with most of the “cuts” in the latter years. For example, the deal calls for only about $25 billion in “cuts” in 2012 and only about $47 billion in “cuts” in 2013. These are NOT “spending cuts”. The 25 billion dollars is not even one percent of the federal budget.

Well, what about the second stage of the deal which will produce “spending cuts” of between 1.2 and 1.5 trillion dollars? Yes, these would actually be spending cuts and spread over 10 years. Near the end of the year, the new “Super Congress” will submit a proposal to Congress which could cut spending over the next 10 years by up to 1.5 trillion dollars....BUT if the recommendations of the “Super Congress” are not implemented, then “automatic” spending cuts of $1.2 trillion will go into effect over the next 10 years.

WHAT'S WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE?

First of all, none of these “automatic” spending cuts would even go into effect until 2013.  The face of American politics will be dramatically different by then, and there is absolutely nothing that makes these cuts binding on Congress.

As Gregg Easterbrook recently noted, Congress can cancel spending cuts at any time and for any reason….

By projecting the only tangible savings — which aren’t even specified, but are merely caps — into the future, the plan allows Congress to cancel them. In 2012 or any future year, Congress will say, “We can’t have caps this year because of the [INSERT ANY WORD CHOSEN AT RANDOM] crisis. We are postponing action till next year.” Rinse and repeat.

The U.S. national debt is completely out of control because America's politicians have sold out to the Federal Reserve MAFIA. The liklihood of Congress sticking to this deal for the full ten years is as likely as hell freezing over. Congress can change the deal whenever it wants. When was the last time that “future spending cuts” actually materialized in Washington?

Neither political party wants to cut government spending which means the can will get kicked even farther down the road.

When Obama was inaugurated, the U.S. national debt was $10,626,877,048,913.08. Today, it is $14,342,358,440,969.10.

THE SUPER CONGRESS

The “debt ceiling deal” will give the congressional leadership of both parties much more power. The new “Super Congress” that this deal establishes will be granted “extraordinary new powers” that regular members of Congress do not possess.

For example, The Huffington Post says that any new legislation produced by the “Super Congress” CANNOT be filibustered or amended….

Under the reported framework, legislation the new congressional committee writes would be fast-tracked through Congress and could not be filibustered or amended.

So who will be a part of the FAST-TRACKING “Super Congress”? The members will be chosen by the leadership of both parties. That means anyonewho is not part of the “establishment” won't be included.

The following is what U.S. Representative Ron Paul had to say about this new “Super Congress”….

“Nothing more than a way to disenfranchise the majority of Congress by denying them the chance for meaningful participation in the crucial areas of entitlement and tax reform. It cedes power to draft legislation to a special commission, hand-picked by the House and Senate leadership.”

SATAN SANDWICH

The new “Super Congress” will decide what will be in the package of “spending cuts” that will be voted on by the end of the year. Regular members of Congress will be frozen out of the process. On December 23rd, Congress will be required to vote up or down on the spending cuts proposed by the “Super Congress”.  Regular members of Congress will not be allowed to amend the legislation in any way, and no filibusters will be permitted.

Does that sound Democratic to you? Meanwhile, many Democrats are running around and acting as if their lunch money was just stolen. For example, the following is what Politico is reporting that U.S. Representative Mike Doyle said about this deal….

“We have negotiated with terrorists,” an angry Doyle said, according to sources in the room. “This small group of terrorists have made it impossible to spend any money.”

Democratic congressman Emanuel Cleaver was even more dramatic when he proclaimed that this deal "looks like a Satan sandwich". This deal is a total nightmare, but not for the reasons that Cleaver is suggesting. This deal opens the door for more rampant deficit spending, and nearly all of the “spending cuts” are put off until after the 2012 election.

The US government MAFIA are steamrolling towards financial (and military) Armageddon. It's just part of the NWO game plan.

Read "America Is Not Broke: http://www.helpfreetheearth.com/news383_fed.html