McConnell’s Last Stand: He Wants Medicare, Social Security Cuts to Raise Debt Limit

The Fiscal Times via Yahoo Mews ^ | October 13, 2015 | Rob Garver

[upbeat5]

In case anyone thought things couldn’t get more chaotic on Capitol Hill, Senate Majority Mitch McConnell appears ready to set them straight. McConnell, according to a report first published by CNN, plans to make several major demands of the White House, including changes to Medicare, Social Security, and EPA regulations as his price for raising the nation’s debt limit. Related Stories

The report from CNN’s Manu Raju complicates the already fraught debate over whether and how to increase the Treasury Department’s ability to borrow the money it needs to pay the nation’s debts. Failure to allow additional borrowing would, at some point in early November, force the United States into default. U.S. government debt is viewed as the safest in the world – the closest thing there is to a risk-free asset. Allowing the government to default on its obligations would send shock waves throughout not just the U.S., but the global economy.

[stephenjohnbanker]

The sad part is that you and I pay for the sins too.

However, you nailed it.

[sport]

It is a long time before faces the voters again, as if that is a worry to him because he knows that his cadre on this forum will see him through again, and again, and again.

I am by McConnell as I am with Obama. Do your damnest, do your worse. Let those that put you in power enjoy you. I don't.

[Ann Archy]

Hey Mitchy....start with PLANNED PARENTHOOD cuts!!!

[Buckeye McFrog]

That is actually a capital idea.

We’ll know when the trust fund is exhausted because a huge swath of them will jump back into the labor force and the unemployment rate will be 16% overnight.

[Norm Lenhart]

Yup we do and will. But at least in the above scenario, THEY pay too. And they should pay till they are broken, abandoned and outcast from society as the destroyers they are.

I mean it’s simple math that Mitch would not be in DC without the people that voted and supported him. Thus those that voted for and supported him are the core of the problem. If he was not there, he would not be able to do what he has done. And they are responsible for him being there, thus they should pay the cost of his liberalism.

[patriot08]

Sure, cut our senior's medicare and SS while they pour billions into sh*thole countries who hate us:

The average American hasn’t a CLUE how much of our tax money Obama has sent down Muslim sh*t holes while he plans to slash the military, CUTS MEDICARE and threatens to withhold senior’s social security checks!

BILLIONS FOR JIHAD! Obamas 2009 Supplemental Appropriations for Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Pandemic Flu was revised and passed by the full committee. It gives billions of U.S. taxpayer dollars to countries and entities that support Sharia law and/or harbor, hide and support those who want to destroy the U.S. and our allies. http://creepingsharia.wordpress.com/2009/05/1...

Read the summary from David Obeys office that was quietly released last week with nary a word from any media.

$3.6 BILLION, matching the request, to expand and improve capabilities of the Afghan security forces

$400 MILLION, as requested, to build the counterinsurgency capabilities of the Pakistani security forces

AFGHANISTAN: $1.52 BILLION, $86 MILLION above the request WEST BANK AND GAZA: $665 MILLION in bilateral economic, humanitarian, and security assistance for the West Bank and Gaza

JORDAN: $250 million,$250 million above the request, including $100 million for economic and $150 million for security assistance

EGYPT: $360 MILLION, $310 million above the request, including $50 million for economic assistance,$50 million for border security, and $260 million for security assistance

PAKISTAN:$1.9 billion,$591 million above the request

IRAQ:$968 MILLION,$336 million above the request

Oversight: $20 million,$13 million above the request, to expand oversight capacity of the State Department, USAID, and the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan to review programs in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq

Lebanon:$74 million

International Food Assistance:$500 MILLION,$200 million above the request, for PL 480 international food assistance to alleviate suffering during the global economic crisis

REFUGEE ASSISTANCE:$343 MILLION,$50 million above the request, including humanitarian assistance for Gaza.

Funding for the UN Relief and Works Agency programs in the West Bank and Gaza is limited to $119 million (Note: Gaza = Hamas)

Disaster Assistance: $200 MILLION to avert famines and provide life-saving assistance during natural disasters and for internally displaced people around the world, including Somalia, Zimbabwe, Ethiopia, the Middle East and South Asia

Peacekeeping:$837 MILLION FOR UNITED NATIONS peacekeeping operations, including an expanded mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and a new mission in Chad and the Central African Republic

Department of Justice: $17 million, matching the request, for counter-terrorism activities and to provide training and assistance for the Iraqi criminal justice system

OBAMA GIVES YOUR TAX DOLLARS TO REBUILD MUSLIM MOSQUES AROUND THE WORLD! http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/... #

ACCORDING TO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION WILL GIVE AWAY NEARLY $6 MILLION OF AMERICAN TAX DOLLARS TO RESTORE 63 HISTORIC AND CULTURAL SITES, INCLUDING ISLAMIC MOSQUES AND MINARETS, IN 55 NATIONS. See the State Department document here. http://exchanges.state.gov/media/pdfs/office-...

And THAT’S just the tip of the iceberg.

THIS will blow your mind!! http://gbk.eads.usaidallnet.gov/ They should have 2010 up, but they don’t. That’s where you’ll find Obama’s largesse towards Muslim countries really go off the charts.

http://www.foreignassistance.gov/DataView.aspx charts: http://gbk.eads.usaidallnet.gov/data/fast-facts.html .

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Obama Increased Foreign Aid 80%; Spent 76% More on Foreign Aid Than Border Security cnsnews

CNSNews.com) - From fiscal 2008 to fiscal 2011, according to the U.S. Treasury, the federal government increased spending on foreign aid by 80 percent and, in fiscal 2011, spent 76 percent more on foreign aid than it did securing the borders of the United States.

In fiscal 2008, the government spent a total of $11.427 billion in international assistance programs, according to the Monthly Treasury Statement. In fiscal 2011, according to the statement, it spent $20.599 billion—an increase of $9.172 billion, or 80 percent, from 2008.

http://cnsnews.com/news/article/obama-increased-foreign-aid-80-spent-76-more-foreign-aid-border-security

[stephenjohnbanker]

Agreed.

[Major Matt Mason]

That's fine if they want to take a stand, but it has to be more than symbolic, otherwise it won't be worth doing (and they'll cave anyway). If they want to truly take a stand, then they need to do a full media/social media blitz to explain why they want to do this, and what will happen if changes aren't made.

[tennmountainman]

The Turtle wants to take away from people who worked all their lives.

But does not want to reduce the Freeloaders Welfare?

This hack has a screw missing.

[xrmusn]

Inre ‘debt ceiling’, there was a tale running around last year that went....

Say you come home and your sewer flooded the basement, sewage was near the curtain rod and ‘perking’, and things looked dire.

You have 2 choices.

A. call a plumber, snake out the lines, find problem, fix same and hope your finished basement isn’t ‘finished’

OR

B. Allow the sewage to rise, and when it gets to about 6” below the ceiling get some jacks and raise the ceiling to accommodate MORE sewage and wait till next year to address the problem again.

That whole bunch on ‘The Hill’ is seemingly hell bent for solution B.

One would think they have an interest in jack companies.

Maybe they should be tossed into the basement to blend in with the rest of the $Hiite.....

[Political Junkie Too]

There is an "authorized by law" component to the 14th amendment.

-PJ

[kaila]

They better save Social Security because there will be riots in the street. These idiots have frittered our money away on welfare payments to losers , SS Disability to people who did not pay into it, welfare and social programs for illegals. I could go on.
If the govt screws me over, I am leaving, taking my 401K however I can out of the country- and I dont care if I break laws in the process. Leave and never pay federal income tax again.

[NTHockey]

Again, there will be no COLA for SS recipients, even though food prices keep going up and up. But you can bet the liars, thieves and perverts in Versailles on the Potomac will get their raises.

[StormEye]

I'm currently been unemployed for a year and half.
But I take solace in the fact that I'm not paying damned income tax to the illegal, unconstitutional Federal Government!

[Theodore R.]

Yes, but KY people don’t know that. They are like the sleeping camel of their state contour.

[Theodore R.]

Social Security recipients probably will never notice, as the “raises” are just twelve to fifteen dollars per month in most cases.

[Theodore R.]

KY people may be overly sympathetic to welfare recipients too; hence their admiration for McC.

[Theodore R.]

Sure, cut our senior's medicare and SS while they pour billions into sh*thole countries who hate us

It's what the American people want.

[Theodore R.]

TX is as committed to Cornball as the little Kentuckians are to McC. Nothing can be done.

[Comment Not Approved]

Thanks for the compilation. Now why doesn’t the opposition party use this information to go after obama? Could it be that they are complicit?

We are in way more trouble than I thought.