Reply #1: And here's my take [View All]

[Proud Public Servant]

I've never understood what the motivation is for the GOP members of the Super Committee to find a solution. If they do, it'll mean compromising with the Dems and finding some way to raise revenue (and thus pissing off their base). If they don't, they get no tax increases and across the board cuts in social spending. Sure, defense spending gets cut too, but only the most delusional hawk would imagine that our current bloated Defense budget can't take the hit (besides, there's always off-budget tricks to reinstate National Security spending).

I really don't get why the GOP should bother even showing up; if the Committee fails, they win.