"That's a real nice global economy you have there. It would be a shame if something were to happen to it ..."
Posted on 10/14/2013 11:13:26 AM PDT by bestintxas
President Barack Obama is demanding a $1.1 trillion "ransom"--or else he will not allow the debt ceiling to be raised. That's the effective offer on the table from the president and Senate Democrats. They have now refused to pass a "clean" short-term debt ceiling hike unless Republicans agree to reverse the "sequester" spending cuts in the 2011 Budget Control Act that were enacted--at Obama's suggestion--to end the last debt ceiling crisis. The president, who has invited congressional leaders to conduct talks at the White House Monday afternoon, still continues to insist that he "will not pay a ransom for Congress reopening the government and raising the debt limit." Yet he and his party are the ones insisting on a "ransom," now that Republicans appear to be in the mood to compromise after opinion poll results last week showed them losing politically in the showdown.
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) has claimed that the sequester dispute means that Democrats and Republicans are only $70 billion apart in budget negotiations. That is a blatant lie, as the total value of the sequester over ten years is $1.1 trillion. Democrats do not want a reprieve for one year--they want the entire sequester canceled so that they can continue spending on such priorities as the annual cowboy poetry festival in Nevada.
Last week, President Obama asked the press to "imagine if a Democratic Congress threatened to crash the global economy unless a Republican president agreed to gun background checks or immigration reform." Now the White House and a Democrat-controlled Senate are threatening exactly that--unless Republicans agree to fork over $1.1 trillion, paid for with new "revenues" (i.e. taxes) on the American people. Ransom, indeed.
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High crimes and treason on display. Punishable by impeachment, removal and imprisonment.
Are you listening Boehner?
Fine, put a 20% tax on the “imputed” income for things the government gives to people (food stamps, Obamaphones, subsidized Obamacare, section 8 housing, WIC, energy assistance, etc.) and that should pretty much cover it.
What does he care? He's not running for office.
Question : What is the difference between Barry and a Somali pirate ?
ANSWER : water, and a boat !!
There is no mystery here and it galls me to listen to the pundits and panderers opine as to how if he only did this or if he only would do that the world would be right again. HE DOESN'T WANT THE WORLD TO BE RIGHT! Know that and believe that!
"That's a real nice global economy you have there. It would be a shame if something were to happen to it ..."
It's just another over-hyped “crises” like the
fiscal cliff
sequester
government shut down
global warming
all not the catastrophe's the media made them seem to be . in fact all fake crisis
now do we fall for the latest “catastrophe” the debt ceiling ?
don't fall for the lies Republicans. hold the line. no debt ceiling increase , keep the gov shut down
The economy does not (should not) depend on some bureaucrat sitting at a desk
Obama is a petulant narcissist. It is not possible to negotiate with such people. Those Republicans that are resisting the Democrats and their vile socialist agenda are noble and heroic.
Excellent!
Breitbart is the only American source left for genuine news and analysis.
It’s nice to not have to depend exclusively on the UK and other foreign news sources.
How come Boehner can't state it this clearly?
I call him the most successful President in US history. What has been his two main goals since day one?
1. Destroy the US from within.
2. Help empower and spread radical Islam.
Where has he failed? He’s been incredibly successful at it wouldn’t you say.
Thank you libs and RINOs.
“They have now refused to pass a “clean” short-term debt ceiling hike unless Republicans agree to reverse the “sequester” spending cuts in the 2011 Budget Control Act that were enacted—at Obama’s suggestion—to end the last debt ceiling crisis.”
That brilliant tactician J. Boner gets it right back in the a**.
You have nailed it. It is very sad that Republican leaders and the rest of the country does not recognize what is occuring.
It is structured to be a win-win for O.
He either gets specifics that he and his handlers desire; or,
he creates chaos.
Fortunately, he has clearly demonstrated their agenda to most of the military and many LEO’s.
Boehner is a careerist coward who does not want to engage the kenyan directly.
AND-Somali pirates KNOW where they were born!! :)
It is time to walk away from the table and go protest outside. They need to stand in front of camera’s 24x7 until they invite them back to the bargaining table just to get them to shut up!
If Boehner can’t explain to the public that Democrats & Obomer did the Sequester, then it echoes what Thomas Sowell said in his recent editorial...or, Boehner wants to punish the country, too, and is also the enemy (yeah, rhetorical).
“walking around money” for Bam Bam? Tell him to get stuffed.
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