Our Post Mortem On the Super Committee ...

SC6 Explains Why The 'Stupor Committee' Never Really Mattered Much To Us Anyway....


      We know what you're saying.....If we're now stating that the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction never really mattered, then why did we spend so much time on it in the first place?  Was it all just another opportunity for us to jab at our favorite, and soon to be former, congressman?  Maybe to a point.  But, we spent all the time on it for two reasons: First, it was perfect example of showing that Congress is crippled in it's ability to get the Big Stuff done.  Secondly, if it actually DID get something accomplished it would have been a huge deal.  IF... Would Have.... But it DIDN'T.


    Now, onto our focus for today.  We like to be the Salmon Against the Stream. When the news is overly rosy, we try to temper that unjustified enthusiasm. When it seems like all news is bad, and there is nowhere else to turn, we attempt to pick you up - by giving you MORE bad news on top of it!  It's a talent we have, so don't try this at home...


    Yes, the Stupor Committee was an abject failure, based upon Congress' decision to pack the group with overly politicized and unqualified members.  Good Luck getting Jeb Hensarling and Jim Clyburn to agree on lunch, much less $4 Trillion in deficit cuts... Anyway, the most important and positive way to look at the failure is this: Congress was under NO demand to follow whatever the Committee agreed to AT ALL....


    That's right.  Whatever the agreement was, the fact is that Congress' budgets are formed on a year to year basis.  What that means simply is every year, numbers are crunched individually, and the numbers formed by previous members on Congress mean nothing!  Each year is a blank slate, and if five years from now, something comes up, the 2011 Super Deal would be null and void.  We think you know by now, in DC, yesterday means nothing.  Need a good example: we passed a balanced budget amendment back in the 90's... What ever happened to that?  POOF !!!  Vanished into thin air.


    Sure, if Congress were a group of open-minded, yet disciplined 535 members, then we might have been more excited (or depressed) at the Stupor Committee's success or failure, but just know them too well, for as much as Congress fails to remember the past, they repeat it all too much.....  After all, Stupor Is As Stupor Does...


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