All Things on the Debt Ceiling (merged) (fence, Chicago, county)
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And yet you ignore the fact that Clinton cut taxes, and we balanced the budget, and when Bush cut taxes, REVENUES WENT UP.. not down..
Hell, I'd tell you to start looking at spending, but you cant even get the revenues part right. You keep talking about how tax cuts resulted in less money, but even the CBO says your WRONG.. Federal Tax Revenues from 2003 to 2006
Come back when you look at federal revenues AND spending, and can accurately pertray what took place when taxes were cut. Until such time, i'm done talking to someone who can only repeat talking points, rather than discuss the truth.
They want to get a 1000 out of one holding the cheese, instead of 100 out of the 30 new employees they hire. Then they wonder why revenues go down when you tax the rich.
Clinton raised taxes and that balanced the budget. Clinton cutting spending and cutting taxes wouldn't have balanced the budget and shrank the deficit. Reducing taxes on the rich doesn't work at lowering the deficit. We've had ten years of Bush/GOP voodoo economics and the results are in, and they're not good.
Congress writes the budget bills, the President just has to agree or disagree with it.
I would not be having all these meetings with anyone, like this stupid congress has.
I would write a bill and give it to the president for his signature and place it in his corner. veto and write another bill with more in it and place it in his corner. Veto it and write another bill and place it in his corner with even more cuts. When we default, who is going to look bad. Not the guys placing bills on the Presidents desk, one after another.
What is the point of having a debt ceiling if you simply raise it every time you get close to going above it?
Doesn't that defeat the whole purpose of a "ceiling"?
What is the point of Republicans participating in economic solutions after showing during the Bush years that they haven't a clue on how to run an economy or NOT raise record deficits?
Raising the debt ceiling AFTER the disaster that was Bush appears to be a completely valid reason to raise it. Resolving the problems he created requires such flexibility and further spending domestically. Also, the village idiot lied to commit this country to 2 wars, promised to "finish the job" to get reelected (lied again), and made things worse. So this President must continue to spend as he ends he Bush wars. Pubs and Bush really stunk up the place big time.
Laughable the Pubs are here, trying to take a stand when failure always gets attributed to them.
Option 1 = raise debt ceiling - which pays for debt already incurred and negotiate budget seperately.
Option 2 = Condition the raising with cuts and tax increases
Option 3 = Don't raise the debt ceiling and send the economy into a depression.
Those are your choices. Pick one.
Seems many would pick number 3 thinking they are in some way spiting Obama. these very people who would risk the economic viability of the nation are the same ones calling for the ousting of the present gvmnt to install people with their moronic mentality, sometimes the gvmnt has no choice but to work together for the betterment of the country..
Pres walks and per Cantor says, "Don't call my bluff, I will take this to the American people". Good for the Pres, even Cantor's version shows Cantor up for the Putz that he is.
Republicans move ever closer to the default of the U.S. Government...
Get ready to hit the exits if the Republicans continue the game!...
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Republicans move ever closer to the default of the U.S. Government...
