[sunmars]

Sure, just fire another trillion down the blackhole.

[Vaquero]

Taxation by inflation

[Deo volente]

...lawmakers asked Obama to delay his request so they could vote on the matter when they return.

Vote?? Why would they want to vote? That might involve real discussion and debate. Just give the dictator what he wants. That's basically what they've been doing all along.

[Red Badger]

One Trillion Dollars

Equals One THOUSAND BILLION DOLLARS....

Equals ONE MILLION MILLION DOLLARS....

So, you could give away a million dollars to a million people......

[unixfox]

Wasn't ending the Iraq war supposed to decrease spending by mega billions? I mean, that's what they told us.

Oh, so they LIED to us again?

FUBO!

[kevao]

Congress has 15 days to reject the president’s request. The White House says Obama would veto any objections in order to avoid a default.

So Zero can increase the debt limit at will unless both houses of Congress can override his veto. That's quite a deal you got for us last summer, John Boner. Quite a deal. The one power you yourself controlled -- the purse strings -- you managed to piss away.

How is this even constitutional?

[Jim Noble]

But Republicans are likely to use the election-year request as an opportunity to criticize the president’s spending policies

Cowardly scumbags.

ALL spending is the responsibility of the House of Representatives, with its Republican speaker and large Republican majority.

[icwhatudo]

Since the GOP will cave anyway, they should just say yes now and get it over with without the beating they would normally take before saying yes like they normally do.

1/2 S

[Eleutheria5]

Don’t worry. hyper-inflation will soon reduce 1.2 trillion to grocery money.

[savedbygrace]

The correct response to this request is complicated and difficult to explain:

NO!

[Chode]

and America takes another one in the........

[avacado]

"Obama asks Congress for $1.2 trillion increase in nation’s borrowing limit..."

Dresses ain't cheap.... beotches!!!!

[Colonel_Flagg]

The White House says Obama would veto any objections in order to avoid a default.

Which of course is another Obama lie. Default would only occur if interest payments are not met, which would easily be doable given FedGov's gigantic revenue stream.

Of course, it would also call for REAL spending cuts. Which we all know won't happen either under Zero or his RINO enablers.

[Caipirabob]

Haven’t they deported this bozo yet?!?

[maxwellsmart_agent]

No! Enough is enough. This clown thinks he has a credit card. We can not let him spend more of our money. Say No!

[Secret Agent Man]

It will be funneled towards groups for his re-coronation campaign.

[GeronL]

Republicans will criticize it and give him 1.199 trillion instead.

[dfwgator]

And Boehner will say, “Yessa Massir”.

[j_tull]

The entire net worth of Forbes' 400 barely covers JUST THIS INCREASE

[2harddrive]

No, the Wetback in Chief did NOT ask Congress for an increase in the debt limit, because CONGRESS IS NOT IN SESSION! Remember his recess appointments???

[Java4Jay]

I thought the battle over the last increase in Aug was to take us until after the elections ???