Breakthrough on the Super Committee (Not)

With time running out on the Super Committee, which is charged with finding $1.2 trillion in budgetary savings by November 24, attention's been focused on a plan put forth by Republican committee member Pat Toomey, which reflects the first instance of Committee Republicans proposing increases in tax revenue.   

     The GOP’s put forth a plan

That they believe is better than

The Dem’s idea to tax the rich.

Some tax breaks they’ll be glad to ditch

But in exchange, they’ve built in healthy

Rate reductions for the wealthy.

Their plan, they say, will “bring in billions

And help reduce our debt of trillions.

We’re showing flexibility

So here’s an opportunity
To come together and agree -

Both Democrats and GOP."

     The Democrats aren’t buying it.

They think it’s just a load of shit –

The numbers don’t add up, they say,

Their plan is just another way

To sneak in tax cuts for the rich,

A simple case of bait-and-switch.

"We compromised and called their bluff

But then they told us just to stuff

It, ‘cause we put in tax increases

And that just frightens the bejesus
Out of them.  So it's a scam,
It's not a breakthrough but a sham.
Their plan for us would just engender

Our complete abject surrender."

     So once again it's deja vu.
How many times can we go through
This gambling with the nation's welfare
Staked on tax cuts or our healthcare?
It's not unlike a live grenade
That's passed along a fire brigade
That can't extinguish any blazes -
And then it blows up in our faces!