Jophiel wrote:
gbaji wrote:
So we should have brought this up say a couple years ago before we spent ourselves into such a large debt hole? Oh wait! We did that didn't we? Too bad certain people and the party which represents them refused to listen.
I know, right? We should have eliminated those oil subsidies and ended those tax cuts long ago!
I absolutely agree that we should eliminate any new spending (or tax cuts/credits/deductions) created during the time period in which we went from a sustainable debt percentage to the unsustainable condition we're in right now. Care to show me which new tax cuts we should get rid of? How many new oil subsidies were created during that time period?
I'll agree to eliminate any tax cuts or oil subsidies created between 2007 and today if you agree to get rid of any new entitlement spending created during the same time period? Strange, this is exactly what conservatives have argued for, isn't it? We've said we should roll back our spending to 2008 levels (there were no tax changes btw). Not surprisingly, your side doesn't want to do this.
You want to keep your spending increases and create new taxes to pay for them. And in some bizarre twist of your brains you think this is "fair".