threatened to veto<\/a> the measure if it passed the Senate by some miracle. There is little hope for mature engagement and sane debates with the current majority of leftists in power. They are not interested in cutting spending or negotiating reasonably to implement authentic budget reductions.<\/p>\nA devastating debt crisis is coming; simple mathematics predict it. It is no longer a matter of if, but when. The time for hysterics, hyperbole, and finger-pointing is over. The time for political games, grand-standing, and partisan shenanigans is long past. This is no longer about Democrat, Republican, liberal, conservative, or progressive issues. This affects all of us. The looming danger crosses all party and ideological lines and jeopardizes all Americans, present and future generations. We’re staring down a massive debt tsunami that threatens the US with a fiscal Armageddon the likes of which we’ve never seen. <\/p>\n
Since Democrats and the White House are obviously unwilling to face reality and completely AWOL on this crisis, here’s a call to action to the conservatives and the Tea Party lawmakers in Washington, our only remaining hope.<\/p>\n
Republicans, it’s all hands on deck. Convince weak-kneed and waffling colleagues to find their backbone and stand firm. Since you’re going to be demonized and vilified anyway, regardless of what you do, make a stand and demand meaningful reductions in government spending. Ask for at least $500 billion in budget cuts, slowly negotiate down to a more comprehensive $400 billion number, and only settle for a final compromise of $370 billion in cuts (still just 10% of the 2012 budget, but better than the original 1.6%). Stop worrying about "bi-partisanship", "reaching across the aisle", and all that other nonsense. It’s evident that most Democrats and Obama are not interested in any of it. To them it’s all about consolidating and maintaining their own power at all costs, damn the consequences. They would rather shove the country into bankruptcy and fiscal collapse than act responsibly and sensibly. Didn’t the ObamaCare battles and the last few decades of disastrous compromises with liberals and progressives teach you anything?<\/p>\n
Conservatives, act like leaders and worthy stewards of this great nation. Trust that God will be with you if you remain faithful to Him, speak truthfully, and act honorably. Be true public servants and courageous representatives of the people who elected you. Demand real action and sweeping reforms. Do not back down and compromise just to get along. It doesn’t work! Be ready to shut down the government if you have to. Force Congress to do its job to protect the lives, freedoms, and interests of all American citizens, not just the unions, the lobbyists, and other political operatives and supporters. Show the rest of country that you’re willing to do the heavy lifting and take the hits. Make the hard choices and stand behind your principles. That is real leadership! <\/p>\n
Republicans, in November 2010 we elected you to represent our voices and bring the right kind of hope and change America desperately needs. We’re counting on you now to act decisively! Don’t disappoint us, the clock is quickly counting down to the fiscal catastrophe awaiting all of us. We’re almost out of time. <\/p>\n
Chris Banescu is an attorney, entrepreneur, and university professor. He regularly blogs at www.chrisbanescu.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chris Banescu, a frequent contributor to the Observer and noted blogmeister in the Orthodox world (who irritates the liberals to no end), has a new article published on American Thinker today. Good work Chris! Source: American Thinker and ChrisBanescu.com America is in grave danger. Our government’s out-of-control spending and our politicians’ refusal to implement meaningful […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9202,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1784],"tags":[647,1575,1364,6,1574],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aoiusa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9512"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aoiusa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aoiusa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aoiusa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aoiusa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9512"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.aoiusa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9512\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9540,"href":"https:\/\/www.aoiusa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9512\/revisions\/9540"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aoiusa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aoiusa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aoiusa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aoiusa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}