The Republican Rollover

In the fiscal cliff battle, the GOP ultimately was supine. Barack Hussein Obama basically achieved all he wanted in having taxes raised on "wealthy" Americans but did not cut spending in any real way. America's economic problems were not caused by a lack of government revenue but by excesses in government spending. The fiscal cliff debate produced a great victory for those who seek to spend the US into oblivion and does nothing to force government to behave responsibly.