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$2.4 Trillion Would Be Largest Debt-Limit Increase in U.S. History
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| August 01, 2011
| Terence P. Jeffrey
Posted on 08/01/2011 10:01:24 AM PDT by Sopater
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Republicans are looking to "make" history while "becoming" history.
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posted on
08/01/2011 10:01:29 AM PDT
by
Sopater
To: Sopater
“$2.4 Trillion Would Be Largest Debt-Limit Increase in U.S. History”
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Why call it a “limit”, when the collectivists on both sides of the aisle, laugh at the very idea of fiscal responsibility.
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posted on
08/01/2011 10:04:27 AM PDT
by
EyeGuy
(2012: When the Levee Breaks)
To: Sopater
And undoubtedly the last, because no one will buy Treasuries after this - whether the debt ceiling is increased or not.
Our finances are now Greek.
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posted on
08/01/2011 10:05:15 AM PDT
by
PieterCasparzen
(We need to fix things ourselves)
To: Jet Jaguar; NorwegianViking; ExTexasRedhead; HollyB; FromLori; EricTheRed_VocalMinority; ...
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posted on
08/01/2011 10:06:09 AM PDT
by
Nachum
(The complete Obama list at www.nachumlist.com)
To: Sopater
What a horrible deal, giving Obama 2012 election cover, in return for ALMOST NOTHING....
The pressure being exerted on Boehner by the mostly-gay DC media must be enormous. Too bad he isn’t listening to the rest of us OUTSIDE the beltway.
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posted on
08/01/2011 10:09:21 AM PDT
by
tcrlaf
(PREFRONTAL LOBOTOMISTS FOR OBAMA2012!)
To: tcrlaf
You know he’s sobbing to himself “But this is the WAY things work in DC! You don’t understand!”
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posted on
08/01/2011 10:11:17 AM PDT
by
MNDude
(so that's what they meant by Carter's second term)
To: Sopater
"No people in history have ever survived who thought they could protect their freedom by making themselves inoffensive to their enemies." -- Dean Acheson
"Appeasers believe that if you keep on throwing steaks to a tiger, the tiger will become a vegetarian."
-- Heywood Broun
New tagline ...
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posted on
08/01/2011 10:14:27 AM PDT
by
EternalVigilance
('I seem to smell the stench of appeasement in the air.' -- Margaret Thatcher)
To: EyeGuy
Why call it a limit...
Certainly not my words. ;-)
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posted on
08/01/2011 10:15:30 AM PDT
by
Sopater
(...where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. - 2 COR 3:17b)
To: Sopater
$2.4 Trillion debt limit increase
Cuts to defense spending
Tax hikes are on the table for the next round of negotiations
What exactly is in this, that a republican would like?
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posted on
08/01/2011 10:16:40 AM PDT
by
kidd
To: Sopater
Nothing could make it more clear that we are lead by self centered cowards in the Republican party. They would much rather surrender to barry than fight to clearly show he had no plan except raise taxes and cut the standard of living of the middle class. Instead we get this tax increase commission and fairy tale cuts cluster. Boehner even wrapped it up in a nice 2012 campaign gift box for barry. What a disgrace.
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posted on
08/01/2011 10:17:52 AM PDT
by
lodi90
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posted on
08/01/2011 10:20:08 AM PDT
by
zeugma
(The only thing in the social security trust fund is your children and grandchildren's sweat.)
To: kidd
Oh, there is plenty in there a Republican would love... just nothing a conservative would.
Just look at how Republicans grew government and spent over the last decade. That is why they are doing this. They love the power and spending as much as Democrats.
That is why the Wall Street Journal, McCain, and other despise the Tea Party. It is a return to common sense values... like not spending what you don't have.
To: kidd
“What exactly is in this, that a republican would like?”
Exactly. Now watch Boehner and Reid/McConnell quickly ram this through obamacare style before people realize what a disgrace the bill is.
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posted on
08/01/2011 10:21:03 AM PDT
by
lodi90
To: lodi90
Any fool should know that when a lawyer sits across the table from you and says “you really should take this deal because if you don’t, the consequences will be much worse”, you should kindly respond “STFU and leave me alone, I’ll take my chances”.
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posted on
08/01/2011 10:21:12 AM PDT
by
Sopater
(...where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. - 2 COR 3:17b)
To: Sopater
Why not just generate a bill and make the debt ceiling the infinity sign, since there is no debt ceiling and it is all just a game of BS?
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posted on
08/01/2011 10:29:27 AM PDT
by
Codeflier
(Bush, Clinton, Bush, Obama - 4 democrat presidents in a row and counting...)
To: Sopater
Tax & Spend. Thank God for the Tea Party because the Democrats and Republicans want to do nothing but Tax & Spend. As has ben said in many ways at many times during this sham of a “debate”, if it weren’t for the Tea Party members of Congress this would have been swept under the rug weeks ago.
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posted on
08/01/2011 10:32:15 AM PDT
by
CodeToad
(Islam needs to be banned in the US and treated as a criminal enterprise.)
To: EyeGuy
$2.4 Trillion Would Be Largest Debt-Limit Increase in U.S. HistoryThis is spending money for the unions. This is the final straw in America. The (R)s that go along with Boner are NO different than the (D)s.
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posted on
08/01/2011 10:35:54 AM PDT
by
newfrpr04
(Don)
To: All
2.4Trillion Increase we might as well gave them a blank check. Any Republican that votes for this need to be publicly flogged.
Boehner has got to go. He is a Disaster to the Republican party.
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posted on
08/01/2011 10:49:09 AM PDT
by
Bailee
To: All
2.4Trillion Increase we might as well gave them a blank check. Any Republican that votes for this need to be publicly flogged.
Boehner has got to go. He is a Disaster to the Republican party.
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posted on
08/01/2011 10:51:06 AM PDT
by
Bailee
To: All
2.4Trillion Increase we might as well gave them a blank check. Any Republican that votes for this need to be publicly flogged.
Boehner has got to go. He is a Disaster to the Republican party.
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posted on
08/01/2011 10:51:19 AM PDT
by
Bailee
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