Posted on 01/21/2010 8:25:26 PM PST by TheFreedomPoster
Senate Democrats on Wednesday proposed increasing the limit on the nation's credit card by a whopping $1.9 trillion, to $14.3 trillion. The latest increase comes on top of a $290 billion measure that passed the Senate on Christmas Eve, less than thirty days ago. The Christmas Eve vote was 60-39, with all but one Democrat voting in favor, and all but one Republican voting "No". This is the second time in less than a month, and the FOURTH time during the young Obama administration, that the nation's debt ceiling has been increased...
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Over Here! LOL
The debt under Bush43 went from $5.9 trillion to $10-trillion. UP $4.1 trillion in eight years.
The debt under Obama went from $10-trillion to $14.3-trillion. Up $4.3 trillion in one year!
What ‘republican’ broke ranks and voted yes?
Voinovich.
He met Obama a day prior to the vote. I wonder what the price of his vote was.
Why do they even have a debt ceiling? It’s like a drunk who limits himself to 150 beers a night.
This might explain it a little:
Stunning
What the hell, it’s only fiat money.
If you think the Cosmo-guy’s election will stop the hard-left, you are, like many, living in denial.
They will continue to work to break this country economically.
The worst is yet to come.
These are communists, not Democrats.
“We have gone to the restaurant. We have eaten the meal. Now the only question is whether we will pay the check,” said Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, D-Mont. “We simply must do so.”
Perhaps they should have ordered the hamburger instead of the steak and lobster, gone to a diner instead of a five-star, or simply stayed home as I have to do.
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