Posted on 10/15/2013 5:13:11 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Heritage Action For America, an influential conservative group, on Tuesday urged House Republicans to vote against their leaders' latest bill to fund the government and raise U.S. borrowing authority.
The private group said that the legislation, which was scheduled to be voted on late on Tuesday, fails to "stop Obamacare's massive new entitlements from taking root."
The group is warning lawmakers that it will look at their positions on this legislation in considering whether to encourage candidates to run against them in Republican primary campaigns next year.
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Damn, if outside influence wasn’t such a problem for the Republicans, they could cave at will!
ha!
Indeed it can be... I'm glad we're a REPRESENTATIVE REPUBLIC!
Democracy is mob rule. If we were a Democracy, Obama would have anointed himself King by now, which we all know he's done in his own mind.
What I'd like to see is a reasoned response from the Tea Party Republicans on the national media with a solid plan of action that is commonsense; as Dave Ramsey says (paraphrasing), "Advice your grandmother would give you."
Explain that the "debt limit" is exactly that, it's a limit. It means the government can't borrow any more money. It means we have to live within our means. It means the credit cards are shut off, and we're denied funds from our own internal bank. I REALLY do NOT see a problem with this.
The United States' GDP is sufficient to pay our debts and keep the government running on a "required services" basis.
People going to lose their cushy government jobs? You betcha!
Entitlements going to be shut off or pared back? Oh yeah!
Market going to tank? Like a lead balloon! BUT, the nice this about this is that we'll finally understand where the REAL value of our market sits. The government is freaking out about the debt limit because it means they can't artificially inflate the markets. It means that markets are going to collapse like a balloon without lips attached to the spigot. Personally, I see that as a good thing, and I have a 401(k) that will be slammed.
This sets up the Republicans, more specifically conservatives, to actually sit down with the American people, their constituents, and force everyone to have an open, honest discussion about our country and her finances. It's going to be a discussion like a mother and father have with their preadolescent child to tell them that the family pet was hit by a car and is not going to survive. There will be crying as we watch it slip away. It will be difficult, but in the end, ya know what? There's a framework in place, a set of ideas ensconced in our Constitution that could mean a resurgence of America as more than just a political entity but a powerhouse.
This conversation needs to happen, and I applaud the Tea Party caucus for holding a knife to the throat of the Marxists in Washington. It's time for the REAL adults to talk. Grandma's on life support, and she won't survive without it. There's no sense in keeping her alive forever, there's no quality of life that way. Let her slip away, and build our lives together in the image our Founders left us.
Just say the debt limit is law of the land and tell the President until Senate democrats do their job and present a budget to congress, this will continue to go on.
And then walk away.
Wow - very well written. Mine was shorter: If we’re going to live under tyranny, its best we all start on an equal level ... let it crash ...
Very well said.
This is why we have to be careful about believing the disinformation the Left is churning out. How many times have we heard from “really really good sources” the House Republicans are just about to cave? Given their track record they still might, but if they were going to, if the conservatives weren’t in charge the cave would have happened already. Think about some of the conservative lions; will they cave? When I see them cave I’ll believe it. In the meanwhile we can only call them and pray for God’s help to keep them strong.
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