Deficit Panel Fails in Super-Majority Vote, Actually a Partial Victory in the Loss

The pain and sacrifice that would have to be absorbed is something that we acknowledge most politicians just cannot or will not ask of their voting constituents.

As noted when the deficit panel’s plan was released, this is just the first chapter of what we have coined as “The Deficit Manifesto.” There are many more chapters to come.

The final vote was 11 for, 7 against.  The panel needed 14 of 18 votes to trigger a mandatory vote in Congress.  It is hard to call this move a total failure when it did at least get a bi-partisan majority even if a super-majority was needed.

On to the second chapter of “The Deficit Manifesto.”

JON C. OGG