As Defense Cuts Loom, Weapons Makers Say Tax Hikes Should Be On The Table

I love the hypocrisy. These two statements just prove it:

"Everybody does exactly what you did today," Smith said as the hearing wound down. "You flatly refused about saying anything about making those choices and dump it all on us. Not only do you flatly refuse to say anything about it, you take steps that systematically kick our legs out from under us as we try to deal with it."



And:

"The House passed the Sequestration Transparency Act in a 414-2 vote, effectively asking Obama for a specific outline of how he will implement the more than $100 billion in automatic cuts triggered by the failure of the Super Committee last fall. That bipartisan panel was tasked with finding a $1.2 trillion deficit reduction package."



You have a committee asking the defense contractors how they should choose to make the cuts and when they are too scared to answer the whole house decides to kick the can to President Obama. And for Cantor to say "[t]ime is overdue for the President to come to the table to work with Congress," shows how little he has been paying attention. I agree with Mudcat Saunders, Cantor is corrupt. If not literally then at least ethically.
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