The Super Committee Failure – The Real Mistakes

We can argue all day about whether the failure of the super committee was the fault of the Democrats, Republicans, or both. But Congress made two mistakes even before the failure of the super committee. The first mistake was in not solving the problem themselves. The second mistake was in forming a super committee that was comprised of Democrats and Republicans. They should have created a super committee comprised only of Independents, who by their choice to be Independents have chosen pragmatism and independent thinking over partisanship. Yes, creating such a super committee would be an admission by Congress that the two major parties have a big problem. But we all know that already. On the other hand, if they had passed the buck to Independents, they wouldn’t have to jeopardize their standing with the extremist ideological bases to which Congress has handed over the reins, which are in turn are being used to tie the country up in knots.

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