Well, call me cynical. However, this sounds like a political cover they try to hide behind. After making some noise, they will raise the debt ceiling without little spending cut.
I am guessing here, but they may spend more time to fight over which states to get larger slice of federal aid money to prevent their default.
To: TigerLikesRooster; PAR35; AndyJackson; Thane_Banquo; nicksaunt; MadLibDisease; happygrl; ...
2 posted on
11/16/2009 1:30:53 AM PST by
TigerLikesRooster
(LUV DIC -- L,U,V-shaped recession, Depression, Inflation, Collapse)
To: TigerLikesRooster
“Sens. Dianne Feinstein (D., Calif.) and Evan Bayh (D., Ind.) told a hearing of the Senate Budget Committee they would vote against a needed increase in the limit the federal government can borrow unless Congress creates a commission to come up with proposals to bring the deficit and debt under control.”
Well geez...how about not enacting another entitlement, for starters, gang???
3 posted on
11/16/2009 1:35:07 AM PST by
Daisyjane69
(Michael Reagan: "Welcome back, Dad, even if you're wearing a dress and bearing children this time)
To: TigerLikesRooster
Sens. Dianne Feinstein (D., Calif.) and Evan Bayh (D., Ind.) told a hearing of the Senate Budget Committee they would vote against a needed increase in the limit the federal government can borrow unless Congress creates a commission to come up with proposals to bring the deficit and debt under control.
an obvious prelude to:
Sens. Dianne Feinstein (D., Calif.) and Evan Bayh (D., Ind.) told a hearing of the Senate Budget Committee they would vote for a needed increase in the limit the federal government after amending the bill to include spending on projects in California and Indiana.
4 posted on
11/16/2009 1:55:40 AM PST by
crescen7
(game on)
To: TigerLikesRooster
Congress creates a commission to come up with proposals to bring the deficit and debt under control
BOHICA - tax increases on the way.
To: TigerLikesRooster
Here they’re trying to pass one of the largest entitlement programs in history and they want a “commission” to study the debt? This is rather obvious political coverage. It’s like that Pay-N-Go. What happened to that?
6 posted on
11/16/2009 2:03:50 AM PST by
HarleyD
To: TigerLikesRooster
call me cynical. And you are. They should propose to have a blue-ribbon panel study the problem and then propose to have a blue-ribbon panel study the results of the first panel's suggestions and then propose to have a blue-ribbon panel study the second panel's suggested solutions and then propose to have a blue-ribbon panel study the third panel's overview of the first two panels... Are we all dead yet?
7 posted on
11/16/2009 2:22:01 AM PST by
MrDem
(And this is a loyal lifelong Democrat saying this... Democrats for Cheney/Palin 2012)
To: TigerLikesRooster
unless Congress creates a commission to come up with proposals to bring the deficit and debt under control. This might be worth a comment if we could stop laughing long enough to make it. Do Feinstein and Bayh moonlight as stand up comics?
8 posted on
11/16/2009 3:59:51 AM PST by
stevem
To: TigerLikesRooster
My guess would be that if this is the case, we’re past the point of no return and have reached the phase of imminent collapse. This is just some of the rats leaping from the ship in a pathetic attempt to avoid some of the blame.
9 posted on
11/16/2009 4:44:36 AM PST by
Caipirabob
(Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
To: TigerLikesRooster
Well, it looks like this leaves only two (2) alternatives for our Liberal rulers in D.C.:
1) get out of Afghanistan and Iraq
2) raise taxes
... or a combination of both.
Did I miss any thing else we can do to save money and keep that nasty old deficit down to something reasonable, under $12,100,000,000,000? /s/
11 posted on
11/16/2009 6:29:41 AM PST by
Gritty
(Obama and Geithner have done nothing but vaporize your wealth and your children's future-Mark Steyn)
To: TigerLikesRooster
13 posted on
12/10/2009 3:10:16 PM PST by
GraceG
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