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Great post to start the thread off with bray,lots there. bottom line on the debt ceiling the US has been spending 30 billion per month and only taking in 20. Time to get our house in order.
The big question is not whether or not we can pay the interest on the debt,there is plenty of dough for that. The question is will zero make the interest payments or do something else with the money just to plunge the nation into true irretrievable debt?
We all have to remember he is the master of chaos and it is his mantra, forget what he says only watch what he does.
No small wonder that Tiny Tim Geithner is leaving in a few months. Who in their right mind would want to be a part of this leaky ship. The only positives that the far left could possibly get out of not doing the right thing with the money is phony films of the poor not getting their daily ration of free stuff which the left will die for or make up if they have to. It is doable to get along with what we take in as a country. Everyone else here has to why not the Federal government as well?
If you get Republican to raise the debt ceiling, you can do more Keynesian stimulus!(and direct funds to your loyal supporters that will direct funds back to Democrats)
“The question is will zero make the interest payments or do something else with the money just to plunge the nation into true irretrievable debt?”
I don’t think he can refuse to make the interest payments, but he DOES get to decide where else to make cuts if the Repubs refuse to raise the debt ceiling. And he sent threatening verbal signals to them about this in that abominable presser that he’ll cut off payments for vital services, military, SS, etc., if they buck him. Then the “great unwashed” masses will be up in arms and view Republicans as evil villains (Libs/MSM will make sure of it).
That’s what we’re up against here. And since he has absolutely NO conscience or concern for the American people - only his own political well-being - it’s a win-win for him.
I just wonder when, if ever, the Repubs will get the cojones to graphically explain this truth to the public before Aug. 2. Same with the Ryan plan vs. the “throwing Grandma off a cliff” ads. They need to loudly (and repeatedly) tell everyone about the $500 billion Medicare cuts in Obamacare and how/why we’ll have rationed care and denial of many services for seniors. Why doesn’t Ryan (in particular) or any of the good conservative legislators shout this from the rooftops? Most people don’t follow politics as we do here, and all they see is TV (and ads).