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Context is everything. Back in the day, there was something called the Gephardt rule, which made debt ceiling increases automatic between 1979 and 1995 whenever it was necessary. Of course, it was done in much smaller increments much more frequently, rather than the $1-2 trillion free spending clearance leaps it grants today.
Context is everything. Back in the day, there was something called the Gephardt rule, which made debt ceiling increases automatic between 1979 and 1995 whenever it was necessary. Of course, it was done in much smaller increments much more frequently, rather than the $1-2 trillion free spending clearance leaps it grants today.
Liberals cant add big numbers like trillions and dont comprehend that raising the debt ceiling 17 times, $100B each time, is far less than raising the debt ceiling 1 time, at $2T.. They count the number of times, rather than the total and dont at all mind embarassing themself by displaying their inability to add.
GOP Shriekers like DeMintt (the poster boy Senator for talk radio dopes) have a certain criteria about when they care about the debt ceiling....that criteria being, when it is politically expedient to try to destroy a President, that is a good time to care about the debt ceiling.
When your own parties guy is in office asking for an increase, that is a bad time.
Makes a lot of sense to me.
So tell my why Obama should get a pass for being as big a failure as Bush and I agree that Bush at least got the employment right. I don't care who is in office when a policy is bad it is bad.
So tell my why Obama should get a pass for being as big a failure as Bush and I agree that Bush at least got the employment right. I don't care who is in office when a policy is bad it is bad.
He doesn't get a pass, it's just that it's disengenious to try to try to force one sided spending cuts on him as a caveat for rasing the debt ceiling. It's completely political and isn't good for the country. Cuts and taxes should be part of budget negotiations.
I think when the defense of bad policy is that it'd been done before it's a pretty weak defense. "Hey you guys made stupid decisions before, now why can't we". It's no wonder us Libertarians are on the rise in this country.
Attacking other posters who point out your errors.. Priceless
I did not attack ANYONE. Not reading a post... priceless.
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No where close to the amount of time it'll take to pay Obamas.. Obama is getting close to more debts than all of 8 years of Bushs, and you stand here moaning about debt.. oooh the humor
It's not very funny. It's unfortunate that you think it is.
The only way congress and the senate will listen to the people, is if they call, email, and hound them to the point they feel their golden jobs of power and corruption are at risk.
So call and write them if you want your way.
Puppets, opportunists, sell outs... that's the American political system.
None of the conservatives here want to talk about that.
Probably because most of us conservatives are out working two jobs so Obama can take more of it away to help support you libs sitting at home whining about us.
June 2002: Congress approves a $450 billion increase, raising the debt limit to $6.4 trillion.
May 2003: Congress approves a $900 billion increase, raising the debt limit to $7.384 trillion.
November 2004: Congress approves an $800 billion increase, raising the debt limit to $8.1 trillion.
March 2006: Congress approves a $781 billion increase, raising the debt limit to $8.965 trillion.
September 2007: Congress approves an $850 billion increase, raising the debt limit to $9.815 trillion.
As usual Republicans only actively concern themselves with debt and deficits when a Democrat is in the WH. When a Republican is in the WH? Not so much.
It was a mistake then and it's a mistake now. What's your point? At least the Republicans, once in a great while, learn from past mistakes whereas the Democrats keep doing the same thing over and over expecting different results each time.
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