Where’s Mitch?
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
The "debt limit" seems to mean little or nothing.
It always gets raised. Perhaps there is some number of favors traded between Congressmen to make that happen. There is nothing else about it that really helps the rest of us at all.
2 posted on
01/13/2023 11:02:54 AM PST by
flamberge
(Caveat Emptor)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Janet says ‘Come next Thursday, we’re gonna party like it’s 1929!”
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Didn’t they get my Quarterly estimated tax payment?
Charge admission at the southern border like the Cartels do.
4 posted on
01/13/2023 11:03:19 AM PST by
Paladin2
To: Oldeconomybuyer
So, this is interesting to me and I’d like to understand it better.
Last month the lame duck Senate signed off on the House/Senate Omnibus authorization bill that supposedly hamstrings the newly elected GPS house from having power of the purse until sometime next fall.
But now we are about to hit a debt ceiling limit. Does that mean without the house authorizing a debt ceiling increase that they actually have some leverage to pull back some of the spending in the omnibus?
5 posted on
01/13/2023 11:04:01 AM PST by
Magnum44
(...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés issued a rather interesting order to his men as they began their conquest of the Aztec empire in 1519.
The order was simple: Burn the boats.
He wanted his men to realize that they had no opportunity to retreat, so they had to give this fight everything they had. Failure was no longer an option and winning this battle just became that much more important.
6 posted on
01/13/2023 11:05:13 AM PST by
Lockbox
(politicians, they all seemed like game show hosts to me.... Sting)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Silly question here. If everyone is owed this money now, and still isn’t getting it, what would happen if the US said screw it and defaulted on everything and zeroed out all accounts and started from square one?
Clean out all the crap, go through a new budget process and go from there. What are the ramifications to the American taxpayer?
7 posted on
01/13/2023 11:05:14 AM PST by
EQAndyBuzz
(“Racist” is the new “Nazi”.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
9 posted on
01/13/2023 11:05:34 AM PST by
Night Hides Not
(Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Gonzales! Come and Take It!)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
“Failure to meet the government’s obligations would cause irreparable harm to the U.S. economy, the livelihoods of all Americans, and global financial stability,” The Swamp: "Mission (almost) accomplished!"
To: Oldeconomybuyer
11 posted on
01/13/2023 11:08:12 AM PST by
EEGator
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Pfffftttt! I be already done that. Amateurs! 😵
12 posted on
01/13/2023 11:08:23 AM PST by
rktman
(Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
It’s time for the House to defund the USPS until mail in ballots are greatly restricted. Will the House do it?
14 posted on
01/13/2023 11:10:47 AM PST by
Dr. Franklin
("A republic, if you can keep it." )
To: Oldeconomybuyer
They will close down something that people care about, just to force a vote.
They Never cut back on anything truly non-essential.
17 posted on
01/13/2023 11:16:28 AM PST by
BitWielder1
(I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Maybe they shouldn’t borrow so much.
To: Oldeconomybuyer
McCarthy better no cede this leverage. All those bills passed in the last 10 days need to get rolled into a debt limit increase bill that the Senate must pass.
21 posted on
01/13/2023 11:22:43 AM PST by
Myrddin
To: Oldeconomybuyer
25 posted on
01/13/2023 11:29:30 AM PST by
moovova
("The NEXT election is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Just say no. No increases.
27 posted on
01/13/2023 11:36:33 AM PST by
jagusafr
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
They do these extraordinary actions every year or so.
Something that common, doesn’t seem extraordinary.
(I know it is a “term” used in the process.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/whats-the-debt-ceiling-and-will-the-us-raise-it-again/2022/12/02/f6bd2d76-7282-11ed-867c-8ec695e4afcd_story.html
In early December 2022 (which, if memory serves me right, was after the elections, during the lame duck, and before the last omnibus bill), the Washington Post printed the above story saying “sometime in 2023”, the US will hit the debt limit again. That “sometime in 2023” is less than 20 days into the year.
Until the Republicans can actually articulate a simple concept like “hey, y’all knew this was coming, you still passed a 1.7 trillion dollar spending bill anyway, this is on you.”, this stupid game will keep going.
Maybe they could articulate simple concepts like that if they weren’t in on the scam themselves.
I say raise the debt limit with the provision that every earmark from a republican who was retiring or voted out of office gets stripped and deallocated. The dems will get what they want and the republicans will get what they deserve.
36 posted on
01/13/2023 12:09:07 PM PST by
jz638
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Shouldn’t have done all that spending
37 posted on
01/13/2023 12:09:28 PM PST by
Sgt_Schultze
(When your business model depends on slave labor, you're always going to need more slaves)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Has Ukraine received all their money?
38 posted on
01/13/2023 12:12:48 PM PST by
liberalh8ter
(The only difference between flash mob 'urban yutes' and U.S. politicians is the hoodies.)
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