Unless
there's a deal between Congress and the president, massive-federal
spending cuts will hit the nation on Friday.
They
will slash $85-billion from the budget in a painful fashion.
While
each side is blaming the other, for the deadlock, the nation's
financial issues aren't being addressed.
Tulsa's
new congressman says the cuts will badly hurt Oklahoma, because much
of the slashing will hit the military.
Unfortunately,
he's not optimistic that an agreement will be reached.
Jim
Bridenstine says the Republicans agreed to new taxes two months ago.
So
many members of the GOP have no plans to go any further.
He
blames the stalemate on President Obama for insisting that the
federal budget crisis be resolved with more revenue.
Bridestine
says they can't keep offering more tax concessions until the
president gets his way.
He
adds that this year the United States will have more revenue than any
other time in history, so income isn't the problem.
Bridenstine
also warns that Mr. Obama wants to increase the taxes on the
commercial aviation business.
He
says that would have a huge impact on jobs in this state.
