Compromise?

[sleigh]

Compromise: "an agreement or a settlement of a dispute that is reached by each side making concessions" (American Heritage Dictionary).

It's obvious President Obama doesn't understand this word, and that he doesn't possess a spine. The Democrats wanted no extension of the tax cuts for those making $250,000 and above; the Republicans wanted all the tax cuts extended, and that's what Obama has agreed to. A 'compromise' might have been allowing the tax cuts to expire for those making $500,000 or even $1,000,000 -- giving both sides a bit of what they wanted. Simply giving in doesn't meet the definition.

Maybe the congressional Democrats will be more forceful and work for an actual compromise. No, wait; they're Democrats...

Comments

[barbarienne.livejournal.com]

In theory the trade-off was that unemployment benefits will be extended again for the long-term unemployed. (A measure I support.)

I'm trying to understand how anyone can call it fiscally responsible to simultaneously refuse both a source of money and an option to stop spending money.