Agreed, you don’t need to convince me the trajectory is Single Payer, and we need to shoot it down. But is now the right time, and the Debt Ceiling the right way? Or is it better to hold the House and pick up the Senate, then really assail the President?
I say “probably better” to picking up the Senate first. I doubt we can win the battle at this time, but if we use Shutdown as leverage the consequences of failure are limited; if we use the Debt Ceiling, we may lose the battle and the war, and get wiped off the map.
To use Patton’s words, is this where us poor dumb bastards die for our Country?
Does anyone even know what our game plan is? Just fold our arms and wait until the President capitulates and agrees to wait a year with the Individual Mandate? That’s our plan? What if he doesn’t? We’re not Syria, with us his Red Lines might actually be for real...
Does anyone even know what our game plan is?
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I believe the plan is to submit small funding bills one at a time. It is a potential winner and Dems hate/fear that approach. Everyday submit three more bills. Shows the Republicans are trying to fund essential government operations.
Congress has the power of the purse. The president and Senate need to be reminded of that simple fact. If congress abdicates that responsibility, all is lost.
Thomas Sowell wrote an excellent piece on congress’ power of the purse. (I didn’t see this prior to my earlier reply to you.) In typical Sowell style, its a good and clear read.
Even though the congress is right about its authority to determine what to spend money on, the battle is largely one of perception. As Sowell points out, managing the message is not exactly a Republican strong suit. So I recognize the problematic aspects of being right versus winning the PR battle.
In some respects the debt ceiling may be a tougher battle to win as the Demogogues will raise the false spectre of default. But I do like your “tiered” approach to tying the debt and funding battle together. That seems to have the potential to fix everything at the same time.