pocketfullofshells
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Next President Michele Bachmann will balance the budget
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Next President Michele Bachmann will balance the budget
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Clinton had nithing to do with it. The debt was limited by the six years during bubba's admin that the gop controlled congress, where spending bills originate.
Ah yes, that is so true, and then that very same Congress viciously turned on GW Bush, forcing GW to double the national debt. Those sneaky two-faced dolts!
RINOs, leftwingers, no difference. It was HARDLY the same congress. Come back when you know your history.
You wont be laughing when she takes the oath of office as 45th president of the united states.
so of course if the debt ceiling is unconstitutional...the president should have to just let congress keep doing it? Or should he wait till the congress decides to take them self to the supreme court?
wait I forgot this is one of those issues where Republicans decided how to interpret the constitution...and the Dems must follow it...and then they just tell the courts what they decided and they go with it right?
Republicans are going to kill this nation in a few months....They will hold the line...even if it kills us....Seems they fail to figure out...the Dems have the white house and Senate...that means you don't get to just have only your way...each house member was elected by a small fraction of the people who voted for Obama..over the Republican....But they all think they are the more powerful ones.
of course the white house has said they will not use the 14th anyway...but you right wing nut jobs just keep at it, after when has not being for something ever stopped you from attacking the left for being for something?
"In addition to his warnings about the cost of a default, officials said, Mr. Geithner told the lawmakers the White House did not believe it had the authority, under the Constitution, to continue issuing debt if it reached the debt ceiling. Nobody in the room disputed Mr. Geithner’s bleak assessment, the officials said."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/07/white-house-rules-out-con_n_892940.html
From the numbers I have seen being kicked around in the debt talks, neither side seems all that serious about addressing the debt and deficit issues. Most likely a deal will be reached, and the deficits will continue to rise, until ultimately we default anyway.
Any solution that does not include increases in revenues just can not work. It can't happen. Why would anyone believe it can?
The next Republican president and more control GOP house should try to get an Amendment passed that the Supreme court has the power to reject any bill that the president signs into law if it doesnt fit with the The Constitution. That includes Tax hikes as well.
The next Republican president and more control GOP house should try to get an Amendment passed that the Supreme court has the power to reject any bill that the president signs into law if it doesnt fit with the The Constitution. That includes Tax hikes as well.
Any solution that does not include increases in revenues just can not work. It can't happen. Why would anyone believe it can?
Dropping spending to be below current levels of revenues creates an America we do not want. Already TEA Partiers are surprised at the cuts being made. They didn't expect actual real cuts to the things they wanted. They thought it would only be the other guys who got hurt.
I was looking at some of the numbers today, and it seems there is in fact no solution at all.
The general idea is that the debt limit needs to be increased by $2.4 trillion. Now, at the same time, we are seeing proposals on both sides that amount to only $2 trillion in savings....
So, let me get this straight, the big debate in DC is not that we will balance a budget or have any hope of paying down our debt...the big debate is over whether or not we can "save" $2 trillion, so that we can spend $2.4 trillion?