The Issue: Continued negotiations between both parties on what to do about the fiscal cliff.
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The putative negotiations between President Obama and Republican congressional leaders like House Speaker John Boehner over the fiscal cliff — negotiations understood by most of us as involving simultaneous discussions of enhanced revenues and spending cuts — have devolved into a duel (“The GOP’s Losing Hand,” John Podhoretz, PostOpinion, Dec. 4).
The president has thrown down the gauntlet by being more interested in destroying Republican credibility before a poorly informed electorate than in acting as a leader interested in improving our nation’s economy.
Republican leaders must stand tall and tough. They represent 48 percent of the electorate that wants a balanced approach to rationalizing the fiscal problem, as do many Democrats, I’m convinced. A fiscal cliff is a terrible thing to waste.
Paul Bloustein
Cincinnati
Has Podhoretz lost his mind? Are we supposed to just lie down and die?
We do get the government we ask for, but I did not ask for it. I am not sure why anyone asked for this.
I think we should go over the darn cliff and let those who wanted Obama feel the hurt.
I will fight this my own way, by protecting what I have. People should take any money they can, put it in their mattresses if necessary and hold on for dear life. In a few years, there will be the possibility of winning the Senate, and we should try.
Podhoretz should be ashamed of himself. The papers that are on board with this should suffer too — they need our money. I will not give it to them, and I will not watch any television station that won’t show what is really happening to America.
Felicia Dorste
Baldwin
The Democrats tell us that if we listen to Republicans we are all going to die. The Republicans tell us that if we listen to Democrats, we are all going to die.
I think it’s time to get rid of all of these killers on both sides and get one single political party, “Republicrats,” that have the interest of all Americans at heart.
Dan Galvin
Port St. Lucie, Fla.