Posted on 01/29/2023 10:23:20 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) said Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation” that “there will not be a default” while discussing raising the federal debt ceiling while controlling government spending.
Partial transcript as follows:
MARGARET BRENNAN: I want to get to some of the top agenda items. You have accepted an invitation to meet with President Biden. When will that happen, and what offer will you put on the table?
MCCARTHY: Well, we’re going to meet this Wednesday. I know the President said he didn’t want to have any discussions, but I think it’s very important that our whole government is designed to find compromise. I want to find a reasonable and a responsible way that we can lift the debt ceiling, but take control of this runaway spending. I mean, if you look at the last four years, the Democrats have increased spending by 30%, $400 billion. We’re at a 120% of GDP. We haven’t been in this place to debt since World War Two. So we can’t continue down this path. And I don’t think there’s anyone in America who doesn’t agree that there’s some wasteful Washington spending that we can eliminate. So, I want to sit down together, work out an agreement that we can move forward, to put us on a path to balance- at the same time, not put any- any of our debt in jeopardy at the same time.
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” I know the President said he didn’t want to have any discussions, “
WTF?!
Sound like a cave in already.
We know McConnell is already on Biden’s side.
can i take that to my bank if it tries to close the door in my face when i need it
McCarthy needs to read “The Art of a Deal”
The only reason Biden is meeting with them is to say....neener, neener...you can't do a damn thing about it.
The worthless POS is capitulating. I knew he was worthless, surprised he did what he promised to be quite honest. The man is showing himself to be not a leader whatsoever. Just another feckless GOPe hack.
McCarthy is what we thought he was.
Nothing like laying your cards on the table for all to see, eh.
McRino is simply bending over and assuming the standard RINO **** me position. Now, in my imagination, I dream of the turd being afraid to leave his house lest he face the thousands standing outside waiting to “reward” him.
WOW Sunday morning trash is still on
In August 2019, Trump suspended the debt ceiling for two years. RINO?
Where is the party for fiscal and social conservatives?
Uniparty.
The government handouts aren't solving anything, they are supporting sloth. We reward ignorance and laziness by doing so. We punish excellence and hard work. Government says "we will take care of you," and 50 years later they want to throw us under the bus.
What's worse is that government uses a gun instead of a carrot to impose its "solutions" on us. Furthermore, we the people are no longer able to "vote with our feet" when Washington DC turns the fiscal screw.
“....House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) said Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation” that “there will not be a default”...”
We must reduce spending, and reduce it a lot. Shut down the government if you must, but cut the spending, and the 2022 spending is not enough. And don’t just negotiate with the president, you talk to the people and listen!!! You make up a negotiating team to push the conservative people’s agenda. Talk to us day by day. It is your name people will remember - good or bad - saint or sinner. What will it be Kevin!!!
Biden knows he’s toast or at least Jill does so he has nothing to lose.
Yeah; that'll work.
People still watch DeFace the Nation?
Rush used to try to get through to the RINOs and some DemocRATS that so much money comes into the Federal coffers each month that we cannot ‘default.’default would mean not able to pay the interest on the debt. Those payments can easily be made every month. Other spending would be reduced, which should be the goal anyway.
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