Republican Civil War?

From POLITICO:

Outspoken conservative Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) voiced opposition to House Republican leadership’s most recent offer on the fiscal cliff, decrying it as “Speaker Boehner’s $800 billion tax hike.”

DeMint’s opposition comes as prominent conservatives including Heritage Action and RedState’s Erick Erickson have also criticized the deal.

Okay, let's assume that the hard liner types who insist that there be no tax hikes and that there be substantial and deep cuts to federal spending win.  What happens then?

Where will the cuts be made?  Will social security benefits to millions of Americans trying to live on less than $1000 per month be cut, or their medicare insurance costs go up?  Will we refuse to replace worn out equipment in our military?  Will women and children receiving food stamps or other forms of welfare have to do without?  Will military veterans find their benefits cut?

Will retired government employees have to sacrifice the pensions they depend on to live in order to pay current employees?  Will the government begin to collect taxes with guns and the confiscation of homes and property only to find that they can't be sold in a nation without capital?

Seriously, what is the solution?

We all know that Obama could tax the richest among us at 100% and it would not solve the issue.

What have nations done throughout history when they ran out of money and needed, or simply wanted more?  They invaded other countries and stole their riches as the spoils of war.

We have a president who is inspired by a personal philosophy which is born of a deep hatred for these things which have happened in the past.  He hates what he perceives to the "colonialists".  He wants to re-distribute the wealth.  He wants to tear down greatness to make everyone equal.

Is it possible for us to solve this issue politically?  Is there an economic reality which can be achieved which will cure our illness?

So far I'm not seeing that solution rise to the top of the discussion on any side of the debate.  Not among the hard liner republicans, not among the Boehner compromisers, and certainly not among the Obama socialists.

Do you have a solution?

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[David Adams]

Eliminate HUD and the Departments of Energy, Commerce, Interior and Education. Eliminate the TSA. Eliminate subsidies to corporations. Cut Department of Defense spending and Medicaid.