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S&P was looking for $4 trillion of CUTS. That didn't happen.
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Boehner caved and this is what we're stuck with. I blame Boehner and the RINOs for not growing a pair but I mostly blame the Dems and our sucky prez for not having a budget in place for the last over 2 years, which left spending spinning out of control. You can say what you want about Bush and his "war-mongering" but Obama has run up an even bigger bill and in only 2.5 years. And to boot, he doesn't seem to care much, has has been evidenced by all the partying and golf outings.
Boehner caved and this is what we're stuck with. I blame Boehner and the RINOs for not growing a pair but I mostly blame the Dems and our sucky prez for not having a budget in place for the last over 2 years, which left spending spinning out of control. You can say what you want about Bush and his "war-mongering" but Obama has run up an even bigger bill and in only 2.5 years. And to boot, he doesn't seem to care much, has has been evidenced by all the partying and golf outings.
If the GOP is to blame, its for not holding out for real cuts in spending. It seems the S&P might actually be Tea Party supporters.
But they made it cloear that we needed to redcue spenidng by about 4 trillio which wasn't done. Alos notice theta italy is talkig a balanced budget amendmant now.bascailly we were nefver i thsi problem until wer had too mnay dependent o too few to pay for everything. Increased spedning is not teh answer whcih is what the democrats have always done;tax and spend is their policy on wealth sharing. But when you invest money in programs not contribute nothing and only consume welath is always a problam on debt.It's our spending that has caused thsi problem not GDP and even in growth times debt has increased.
Any truth to this? After all wasn't it republicans who refused any tax increases and acted as if default wasn't a big deal?
Tax increases are unnecessary if you sufficiently cut spending.
This is like someone filing for bankruptcy and blaming their boss for not giving them a raise after they stormed into his office and demanded more money - and then threatened to shutdown his business if he didn't "comply".
I think it takes some nerve to start a post stating that the S&P specifically blamed Republicans. That is blatant lie. This whole thread should be deleted.
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