The Republicans on the super committee put forward a plan that raises revenues $1 for every $1.50 it cuts spending. President Obama's special committee suggested $3 in cuts for every $1 in raised revenues.

This is where the Democrats on the super committee turned into the party of NO.

"I am for doing good to the poor, but I differ in opinion of the means. I think the best way of doing good to the poor, is not making them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them out of it." --Benjamin Franklin