Senate Dem: National debt is not 'a threat to our country'

The Washington Examiner ^ | April 6, 2016 | Joel Gehrke

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Senate Democrats on Wednesday couldn't agree that federal debt is a national security problem, in a hearing aimed at assessing the long-term strategic implications of the government's $19 trillion debt.

"A realistic discussion about it, and accepting expert opinion that this debt that we have is not actually right now a threat to our country, is I think a more realistic and honorable way of talking to the American people about it," Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., said during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Wednesday.

That surprised committee chairman Bob Corker, who concluded the hearing by describing such views as "crackpot," and repeatedly said he expected the panel to demonstrate consensus about the need to limit the debt. Markey also insisted that Republicans drop their interest in changing entitlement programs as they try to mitigate the projected federal debt.

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[DaveA37]

It may not be a national security problem but is damn sure is a national SURVIVAL problem. We cannot continue uncontrollable spending by this nation, we do NOT have the resources to support it. Thanks Demodummies and CONGRESS.

[Shane]

This is the problem that we face. Elected officials like Ed Markey are clueless about elementary economics. Unfortunately 99% of the people that we send to Washington are in the same boat. They have never met a payroll or picked up a basic economics text book, consequently they have no idea on running our economy. Arrogant fools!

[PA-RIVER]

We can add another 10 trillion to our debt, no problem.

We just end the military and social security payments.

Vote Democrat, make it happen.

[exit82]

Unfortunately 99% of the people that we send to Washington are in the same boat. They have never met a payroll or picked up a basic economics text book, consequently they have no idea on running our economy. Arrogant fools!

And they don't even bother to read the 2,000 page bills they pass either.

[FlingWingFlyer]

Another braindead public servant shooting off his big mouth.

[PGalt]

The lie is the weapon used most often by the criminal.

Socialism Is Legal Plunder - Bastiat

http://www.usdebtclock.org

6. But the grand nostrum will be a public debt…

7. It must not be forgotten that the members of the legislative body are to have a deep stake in the game. This is an essential point, and happily is attended with no difficulty. A sufficient number, properly disposed, can alternately legislate and speculate, and speculate and legislate, and buy and sell, and sell and buy, until a due portion of the property of their constituents has passed into their hands to give them an interest against their constituents…

10. “Divide and govern” is a maxim consecrated by the experience of ages, and should be familiar in its use to every politician…

11. As soon as sufficient progress in the intended change shall have been made, and the public mind duly prepared according to the rules already laid down, it will be proper to venture on another and a bolder step toward a removal of the constitutional landmarks.

http://www.constitution.org/cmt/freneau/republic2monarchy.htm

Markey and the rest of the current and former gang of 535 should be in federal prison.

DEPOPULATE criminals/scumbags/liars/plunderers/socialists/totalitarians from the body politic.

DEFUND their collectives, foreign and domestic.

DISMANTLE their unaccountable domestic bureaucracies (socialist constructs).

He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance. - list of grievances; Declaration of Independence

https://www.usa.gov/federal-agencies/a

live - free - republic

[central_va]

Free Traitors™ tell us trade deficits don’t matter either. What is the difference between the two groups?

[ballplayer]

What next from the communist democrat party,George Bush really didn’t ruin the economy? Someone better tell Hillary!
These scumbag democrats are really a piece of work

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Markey is as dumb as a rock.

[Rapscallion]

Some day they will be yelling “Oops, we were wrong.” Then what?

[rollo tomasi]

Grifters keep on grifting...

[Forty-Niner]

I heard the same thing coming from the .com bunch I was contracting with just before their bubble burst......

[48th SPS Crusader]

Our Government spends over 225 BILLION dollars a year just to service the interest on our National Debt.
Just the interest!
Imagine what we could do for our nation for our people with that money.
Then think about the folks running for President that want to expand Government spending (which always means expanding Government borrowing) and what that will do to our debt and the amount we waste on interest.

[DungeonMaster]

My dad is a life long Dem and he always told me the same thing. The national debt doesn’t mean anything because the government can always print more money.

[ronnie raygun]

Ok so put all your money and assets up to back this claim up, oh.......not sure? We thought so,another intelligent idiot spewing sh## again

[Senator_Blutarski]

Deficit deniers should be prosecuted under RICO laws.

[DCBryan1]

Some day they will be yelling “Oops, we were wrong.” Then what?

Time to decorate the lamp post:

....OR have a party

[BitWielder1]

The funny thing (as in not funny) is that in 2008 the then Senator 0bama said this:

"The problem is, is that the way Bush has done it over the last eight years is to take out a credit card from the Bank of China in the name of our children, driving up our national debt from $5 trillion for the first 42 presidents - #43 added $4 trillion by his lonesome, so that we now have over $9 trillion of debt that we are going to have to pay back -- $30,000 for every man, woman and child. That's irresponsible. It's unpatriotic."

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Ed Markey transcends basic math.