Warnock: Lawmakers shouldn’t be ‘playing chicken’ with the American economy

The hill ^ | 01/15/2023 | Stephen Neukam

[ChicagoConservative27]

Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) said lawmakers shouldn’t be “playing chicken” with the American economy as the threat of a national debt default later this year looms.

“The last thing we ought to be doing is playing chicken with the American economy,” Warnock said on ABC’s “This Week” in an interview with Jonathan Karl. “We’ve been through the onslaught of a very long pandemic that has created a lot of challenges for American families.”

[ChicagoConservative27]

Great, Six years ago of this garbage.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Launder a few more trillion through Ukraine.

That’ll fix it.

[albie]

And you Warnick should not be in public office.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

Warnock and the gibs me dats worries: The milk cow is going dry.

[KarlInOhio]

When the Republicans are in charge they must surrender to the Democrats when a budget deadline, debt ceiling or vital congressional vacation is cutting time short.

When the Democrats are in charge the Republicans must surrender to the Democrats when a budget deadline, debt ceiling or vital congressional vacation is cutting time short.

[Dr.Deth]

“Playing chicken with the economy” is thieving $1.7T in a lame turducken graftulus bill.

[MinorityRepublican]

Kevin McCarthy will surrender to the Democrats. MAGA Representatives should vote him out until we find a Speaker who can fight back.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Warlock can KMA.

[dsrtsage]

Yeah Warnut, like we don’t already have to raze the entire amazon rain forest to get enough paper to print the dollar bills required from the democraps porkulus and ukraine money laundromat

[eyeamok]

Why is NOT being able to charge up your credit cards to the max automatically mean you Default on everything??

If you reduce your spending isn’t it possible to PAY your bills without the extra goodies?

[ridesthemiles]

Seems the Dems maxxed out the credit cards already

[Vision]

The Left’s Core Strategy #1: “Pick the target and polarize it." *via Rules for Radicals

The Left’s Core Strategy #2: Scream accusations of racism (or racist attacks) at anything you don't like or which slows your agenda. *Sexism, "homophobia", etc. are also opportunities.

The Left’s Core Strategy #3: Intensely attack Republicans for doing what you are doing.

The Left’s Core Strategy #4: Attack Republicans with shallow insults in an effort to negatively influence the public's view of their character. Do not attempt to explain the insults. Think drive-by shooter.

The Left’s Core Strategy #5: When all else fails, censor speech and/or deploy violence.

Repeat

[ealgeone]

This guy has zero qualifications to speak on economic issues. Or hardly any other issues.

[ronnie raygun]

This criminal puke who stole an election is going to teach us a thing or two, your better at beating your wife and being a slum lord to your own people

[Reily]

Exhibit A of why the 17th Amendment should be repealed!

[MrRelevant]

Its not really chicken when we all already know the outcome.

[TheConservativeTejano]

And you Warnick should not be in public office.

The DemonRats cheated big time in Georgia and in Fulton county.

[Sooth2222]

But the U.S. government has a technology, called a printing press (or, today, its electronic equivalent), that allows it to produce as many U.S. dollars as it wishes at essentially no cost. By increasing the number of U.S. dollars in circulation, or even by credibly threatening to do so, the U.S. government can also reduce the value of a dollar in terms of goods and services, which is equivalent to raising the prices in dollars of those goods and services. We conclude that, under a paper-money system, a determined government can always generate higher spending and hence positive inflation. -Ben Bernanke.

The US will never default. Everyone may become a billionaire, and billionaires will become trillionaires and zillionaires, but the US won't default.

This is all Kabuki while politicians pretend that they care about the savings and welfare of actual taxpayers with jobs.

[OrioleFan]

Any increase in national debt should be accompanied by a decrease in spending by the same amount.