Posted on 05/16/2012 3:46:02 PM PDT by Kaslin
I keep on seeing this 99-0, but there are 100 Senators. Who’s missing?
It increases about $4.22 billion per day (each citizen's share stands at roughly $45K). Thus, Democrats will soon demand that the debt ceiling be raised, lest the sky fall. When they do, they will be asking for a significant boost in a ceiling that is already 60 percent higher than the one Barack Obama said was "a sign of leadership failure" five years ago.
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/256288/senator-barack-obama-explaining-his-2006-vote-against-raising-debt-limit-andrew-c-mcca
Hairy Reid on raising the debt ceiling on 2006:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELkbDdPeL7I
"If my Republican friends believe that increasing our debt by almost $800 billion today and more than $3 trillion over the last five years is the right thing to do, they should be upfront about it. They should explain why they think more debt is good for the economy. How can the Republican majority in this Congress explain to their constituents that trillions of dollars in new debt is good for our economy? How can they explain that they think it's fair to force our children, our grandchildren, our great grandchildren to finance this debt through higher taxes. That’s what it will have to be. Why is it right to increase our nation’s dependence on foreign creditors?"
Biden?
Senator Kirk from Illinois. He is recovering from a stroke he had last year, but hopes to make it back by Autumn
No plug hair is the VP
Without a budget, he can spend all he wants without having to answer to anyone. That’s the whole reason why we don’t have a budget. In two days, he’ll have another Friday afternoon check writing session to our enemies.
Section 8. The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;
But then we know he doesn't give a hoot about the Constitution
The Dems need only 51 votes to pass a budget. They are MIA.
He’s still the tie breaker in the Senate
Yeah, but he can only break the tie if the vote is 50-50
Fair enough.
Correct. 2009 was the last budget the rats have passed
Kirk. He’s in the hospital, I think, he was run over by a RINO and suffered a stroke.
Those darn obstructionist teabaggers!
Wait ... what?
Oh. Nevermind.
Nothing astonishing about it. This statement explains itself, if you read it carefully.
Clearly the republicans fault, doing the bidding of the Koch brothers, and Halliburton.
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