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U.S. Senate Democrats, Republicans reach deal on $480 bln debt limit increase
Reuters ^ | 07 Oct 2021 | Susan Cornwell and Makini Brice

Posted on 10/07/2021 8:38:22 AM PDT by Theoria

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To: Theoria
That sure makes you want to elect more republicans.

We are going to need about ten million “I didn’t vote” stickers.

21 posted on 10/07/2021 9:02:31 AM PDT by precisionshootist
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To: Theoria

And so it goes...the Uni-Party adds generations of American Debt Slaves with a banal, procedural maneuver in the bowels of the Leviathan Master we have set over ourselves.

I say again and again: the Founding Fathers would have long ago called the nation to arms, to wage war against the tyrants in Washington, D.C.

For all trolls: no, I am not calling for an armed uprising, only pointing out how the grievances in the Declaration of Independence pale in comparison to the present state of this beloved country, where outrage piles upon outrage with every passing day.


22 posted on 10/07/2021 9:06:22 AM PDT by JewishRighter
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$480 billion here, $480 billion there, pretty soon you’re talking about real money.

Just a few more weeks and we go through this whole circus again.


23 posted on 10/07/2021 9:09:09 AM PDT by Deo volente ("When we see the image of a baby in the womb, we glimpse the majesty of God's creation." Pres. Trump)
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To: dfwgator

Oh yes (sarc)? If people like McConnell and Paul RINO had done their jobs and did what they promised they would do, there would be no Donald Trump.


24 posted on 10/07/2021 9:10:55 AM PDT by DMD13
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To: Theoria

Mitch McConnell has been in congress for 36 years.

The U.S. public debt was 9 trillion dollars when McConnell became the Senate Minority Leader in 2007. Under McConnell’s leadership, the debt has risen to 28 trillion dollars.

https://www.usdebtclock.org


25 posted on 10/07/2021 9:15:27 AM PDT by Mr. N. Wolfe
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Raising the debt limit just opens the door for the Fed to manufacture more money by trying to sell US Treasury bonds. Who will buy them? Do you really want a bond based on a currency that is teetering on a crash?
26 posted on 10/07/2021 9:26:22 AM PDT by Myrddin
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SOLD OUT, as par by the establishment RINOs


27 posted on 10/07/2021 9:41:07 AM PDT by cranked
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Borrow money to pay the Debt to borrow money to pay the debt . What was the Debt when Obama showed up ?


28 posted on 10/07/2021 9:43:47 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: Deo volente

...yup... totally agree.... for those who have a military
background, and understand this, the following applies:

BOHICA........!!!!


29 posted on 10/07/2021 9:48:08 AM PDT by TokarevM57
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To: butlerweave

At this point I don’t even care, I want to get a van and live down by the river with somebody like Gabby.


30 posted on 10/07/2021 9:56:59 AM PDT by baclava
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To: Theoria

Was anyone actually believe that this wasn’t going to happen?


31 posted on 10/07/2021 11:29:21 AM PDT by aquila48 (Do not let them make you care! Guilting you is how they control you. )
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To: Theoria

The gop.

Like a screen door on a submarine.


32 posted on 10/07/2021 11:36:50 AM PDT by lurk ( )
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33 posted on 10/07/2021 11:49:55 AM PDT by Theoria
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Thoughts to ponder:

Increasing the debt ceiling to $28.9 Trillion dollars. How much does a Trillion dollars weigh.

A $100.00 bill weighs in at approximately 1 gram.

$28,900,000,000,000.00 when converted to lbs would be 63,713,575,800 how lbs give or take a few pounds.

The weight of the Gerald R. Ford (aircraft carrier) is 100,000 long tons (1 long ton is 2,240 lbs) or 224,000,000 lbs.

This is equivalent to approximately 284 Gerald R. Fords.


34 posted on 10/07/2021 12:27:41 PM PDT by DaiHuy (May God save the country, for it is evident the people will not! Millard Fillmore)
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Hey Jorge, lubricate that printing press in the corner. We have more of our future to mortgage. Huh? You don’t comprehend mortgage? How about putting your children’s children in debt? Well, at least YOU have a job. Let’s see how long it lasts with gazillions flooding into what was once a Republic Nation.


35 posted on 10/07/2021 1:16:54 PM PDT by A Navy Vet (USA Birth Certificate - 1787. Death Certificate - 2021. )
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I’ll go you one better. At $13 Billion a piece, the deficit could buy 2,223 Gerald Ford Class Aircraft Carriers.


36 posted on 10/07/2021 4:25:40 PM PDT by JewishRighter
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To: DaiHuy

Oops. The debt, not the deficit.


37 posted on 10/07/2021 4:26:25 PM PDT by JewishRighter
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