The combined forces of Democrats, the liberal media, and squishy Republicans are working to stampede Republicans into ratifying the expansion of the federal government from an average of under 20% of GDP up to 25%, where it stands after two and a half years of Obama. This is being done in the guise of the Gang of Six Plan (summary here), based on the Simpson-Bowles Commission, whose work was snubbed by President Obama when it was delivered several months ago. The script being played out today is by now familiar in the age of Obama. Rather than confront problems in a timely manner, Obama waits until a crisis looms, scare-mongers about a nonexistent "crisis" (in this case, alleged "default" even though there is sufficient federal revenue to service debt and cover Social Security and Defense), and seeks to stampede Republicans into a "compromise" in which they provide real and immediate concessions in return for vague promises of something good happening sometime in the future. The Gang...(Read Full Post)