Well it's taken me all day but I finally got a handle on it. If you don't mind I shall use your axiom above to build on my thoughts.
I agree that the CCB is the best course of action. This bill, already passed by the House then tabled by the senate as they so love to do, CAPS the debt ceiling, CUTS taxes and commands a balanced federal budget.
I don't think a CAP of the debt ceiling is going to happen now but again, I sure think it could pass and I don't believe the world will end or implode if it did.
Second time Boehner sends over a bill that has NO balanced budget ammendment requirement in it but does NOT allow any increase in revenues. The Tea Party guys said no, yes they did. They wanted, like you, for the senate to vote on the CCB bill they already passed but by Boehner and the rest of the Blue Bloods, even sending that thing to the senate was an exercise in futility, in indulgence to the Tea Party types, now be good and go away...Boehner gives pat on head.
Only the Tea Party types said, hell no we're not going away. If you're not going to put a cap in the debt limit, at LEAST put back in the balanced budget requirement. So the Tea Party types said, for 67% of the American people favor a required balanced budget and why on earth wouldn't they?
So Boehner puts the Balance budget back in and picks up barely enough Tea Party types to get it passed. The Senate then votes to table THIS vote because we surely don't want a balanced budgets. Balancing budgets would require that we show the American people how we plan on spending their money and this will not do. Of course the fine senators really can't vote AGAINST the balanced budget because comes time for election how they gonna justify voting against something we all must do in our homes?
Now don't go telling me about how balancing the budget is frought with traps or giving me that GOP Blue Blood Ruling Class elite argument that it's just too difficult to balance the federal budget. Think how the American people view this and stop thinking in silly esoteric political terms for this action done by every business and household in America.
For Americans think that the feds should balance a budget and the concept that our gubmint should just spend whatever they want without any prethought or plan just is anti-economic, anti-common sense, anti-American.
The Tea Party types stood their ground. I'm cautiously optimistic that there looms a large victory, that the Republican spines of rubber were made stronger by those who did what they were elected to do.
They mocked us and called us schizophrenic and trolls and Al Queda and terrorists.
All for wanting the gubmint to have to present a balanced budget.
Ok I've rambled, but it really doesn't look like CCB has a chance. But that intriguing little thing that's now in the senate is a real thorn, and complete surprise, to the political world who simply are not used to dealing with people of principles. It has them stymied.
Still hoping no compromise is reached and the govt is forced to live on what it takes in.
It has them stymied
How is it stymied? It appears DC actually likes what we do.
We send them innocent in the ways of DC new congresscritters and they turn more than half of them in 8 months. It won’t take long to turn the rest. We do all the heavy lifting getting them into congress and all the DC Hacks have to do is turn them. We make the investment, DC gets the return.