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Obama: Raise the Debt Ceiling Or We're in Trouble
Arutz Sheva ^ | 9/10/13 | Elad Benari

Posted on 10/08/2013 2:34:22 PM PDT by Eleutheria5

President Barack Obama said on Tuesday that the U.S. economy risks a “very deep recession” if Congress doesn’t raise the $16.7 trillion debt ceiling.

Speaking at a news conference at the White House, Obama said he’s willing to talk to Republicans about anything, including changes to his health-care law, once lawmakers end the partial government shutdown and increase the country’s borrowing authority.

“No American president would deal with a foreign leader like this,” he said, according to Bloomberg News. “Most of you would not deal with either coworkers or business associates in this fashion. We shouldn’t be dealing this way here in Washington.”

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: debtceiling; obama; orelse; recession
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To: Paladin2

I’ve been thinking the exact same thing.


41 posted on 10/08/2013 3:11:54 PM PDT by Brown Deer (Pray for 0bama. Psalm 109:8)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

You so-and-so. Said what I wanted to, first post out of the gate.


42 posted on 10/08/2013 3:31:05 PM PDT by Cyber Liberty (It's hard to accept the truth when the lies were exactly what you wanted to hear.)
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To: Eleutheria5; Jim Robinson

I pray every day for forbearance, because it was Jim that always stood between me and the Mods. They’d have iced me years ago, given the chance.


43 posted on 10/08/2013 3:33:51 PM PDT by Cyber Liberty (It's hard to accept the truth when the lies were exactly what you wanted to hear.)
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To: Eleutheria5

So restraining the government from reckless spending will push the economy into recession? How can we be pushed into one we haven’t recovered from?


44 posted on 10/08/2013 3:59:48 PM PDT by Big Giant Head
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To: Eleutheria5

People who do other people wrong do eventually get into trouble.


45 posted on 10/08/2013 4:02:20 PM PDT by familyop
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To: Paine in the Neck
>"His ears are growing"

Those are just his Reggie Love handles.

46 posted on 10/08/2013 4:41:35 PM PDT by rawcatslyentist (Jeremiah 50:32 "The arrogant one will stumble and fall ; / ?)
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To: Eleutheria5

In no more trouble than a family who overspent their debt limit and suddenly started to take control!


47 posted on 10/08/2013 4:47:17 PM PDT by maxwellsmart_agent
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To: Eleutheria5

Keep crying “wolf,” fool.


48 posted on 10/08/2013 6:04:17 PM PDT by gundog (Help us, Nairobi-Wan Kenobi...you're our only hope.)
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To: Eleutheria5
Man we have an idiot for a president...

The House of Representatives is not a 'co-worker'..

What part of 'Three Equal Branches of Government' does this putz not understand?

He needs to get a refund from Hahhhvard..for a Constitutional Scholar, he didn't learn shit..

49 posted on 10/09/2013 7:24:17 AM PDT by Fedupwithit (Your opinion: It's all yours....don't expect me to listen to it, or even acknowledge it..)
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To: Fedupwithit

Boehner is getting pounded on Twitter. If anyone here tweets, he needs positive tweets to #staystrong against #HarryReidsShutdown.


50 posted on 10/09/2013 7:33:51 AM PDT by Jane Long (While Marxists continue the fundamental transformation of the USA, progressive RINOs assist!)
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To: Fedupwithit

Stupid like a fox. More likely, he’s hoping for the average Americans to be ignorant enough to believe every word he says.


51 posted on 10/09/2013 2:55:34 PM PDT by Eleutheria5 (End the occupation. Annex today.)
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To: gundog

Wait a minute. Did he say something like this before about a stimulus package? I have selective amnesia, so can’t really recall...


52 posted on 10/09/2013 3:34:43 PM PDT by Eleutheria5 (End the occupation. Annex today.)
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