Super Congress = Super Bad, Bad, Bad

Just when you thought that the debt ceiling falsehood could not get any worse for the American people, it gets worse. And if you aren't sure how bad it was, check this list out:

• You're fucked
• The rich get richer

No, seriously...

• Trillions (it looks like three trillion now) in spending cuts - cuts in programs that we rely on
• Maybe cuts in Social Security and Medicare too
• Maybe huge tax increases on the middle class (they are closing YOUR loopholes, not the ones on private jets)
• Huge tax cuts for the wealthy

I think I like the first list better. But goddammit, this is such a depressing list. You know, Democrats have two thirds of the elected government. It's hard to realize that, based on the pixels above. And what's even worse is: this deal apparently contains a provision for a "Super Congress." 

A "Super Congress" is, besides a stupid-ass name, a committee of twelve politicians. Six from the Senate, and six from the House. Of the twelve, six will be Republicans, and six will be Democrats. An even split. Their job will be to fix the deficit. They will do it with a simple majority, meaning seven votes are needed to make it legislation. If they don't agree, automatic "triggers" will begin austerity cuts to federal spending. You know, shit like your Social Security check.

Now, I thought I lived in a fucking democracy. Apparently, I was foolishly misled. I seem to live in Weinmar Germany instead. Really? We are going to take the spending decisions away from the roughly 550 ELECTED people in Congress, and give it to twelve selected super-congress men/women? This is bullshit in so many ways.

First, it is bullshit that all but 12 members of Congress are abdicated of their responsibility. How ANY member, who was elected to represent their district can stand by and allow this is beyond me. As far as I can figure, if you are a member of Congress and not on this committee, you shouldn't get a paycheck. If you are a member of Congress and not fighting this tooth and nail, you should be voted out next election, because you are choosing to NOT represent your constituents AT ALL. Not even a pretense.

Second, it is bullshit because there are MORE THAN 12 STATES. Jesus Murphy Christ! Are we really proposing that monumental decisions around taxing and spending get made by representation from 12 states AT MOST? And whose to say that it will even be 12 states? A state like California, or Texas has more than enough representatives to fill a twelve-seat committee. No, no, no...this can't be allowed. If you are living in a state that gets hit hard by this committee's cuts, and you have NO REPRESENTATION on this committee? Or, if this committee raises your taxes without representation? C'mon, 8th grade social studies tells you how un-American this is.

Third...50/50? What the fuck do we have elections for? Why not just send a Democrat and a Republican from each state in the first place? But we don't do that, because WE HAVE FUCKING ELECTIONS! No no...it makes my head hurt. We elect these fuckers. Sometimes there are more Republicans, and sometimes there are more Democrats. That is how a republic works. This arbitrary division of equal sides is undemocratic.

Fourth, fucking Democrats! A 50/50 split between Democrats and Republicans means there will ALWAYS be a conservative Democrat who will vote with the Republicans on fiscal matters. You think there won't be a Joe Lieberman, an Evan Baye, a Ben Nelson, a Diane Feinstein? Or any of the hundreds of Democrats who will always do the bidding of the corporate oligarchy? Remember, they only need ONE Democratic vote in a simple majority, because the Republicans will always vote in lockstep. One of the Dems, probably at least half, will be a conservative, corporate robot, Wall Street ballsack-licker that will sell us down the river in a heartbeat. Fuck!

This is a disaster. This is a usurpation of our democracy, of our republican form of government. This is bullshit! That this is a plan that is touted in public shows how much the politicians of both parties disdain us. If we allow this without massive protest, and without primary losses for supporters of the Super Congress, then we don't deserve the mantle of American.

Super Congress is super bad for America. These feckless politicians who propose and support this are super worthless and should be super fired. The primary election is where we fire people in our republican democracy. Fire them all! Fire the political torpedoes in the primaries. Look for those challengers now. 

It would be hard to do worse.