Republican illogic—Once Again

As Ezra Pound says in a recent post, once again Republicans refuse to take YES for an answer.

Pound points out that Republicans have five major goals in the budget talks:

Cut the deficit,

Cut entitlement spending,

Protect defense spending,

Simplify the tax code, and

Lower tax rates.

Of course, Obama and the Democrats have agreed to do four of these things:

Cut the deficit,

Cut entitlement spending,

Protect defense spending, and

Simplify the tax code.

In short, Republicans can cut a deal and get just about everything they want, accept tax cuts.

Never the less, they are not willing to take the deal.  They would rather have the country suffer the consequences of the sequester.  It doesn’t make sense but then Republicans rarely ever make sense these days.  They haven’t since they were taken over by the Tea Party.

Then, maybe it is just that Republicans hate Obama so much they can’t think straight.

Read Pound’s post here:  http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/02/25/i-dont-understand-the-republican-position-on-the-sequester/