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foolsguinea) wrote2011-05-04 04:17 am
foolsguinea) wrote2011-05-04 04:17 am
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‘The Shining’ — national debt edition (Matt Miller, Washington Post)
My hatred of the political culture of the present GOP is such that I hope they do something really stupid & enough consequence comes of it that their stupidity is apparent to the electorate, who then reject them. Could failing to raise the debt ceiling be that?
But that may be giving the dumb end of the electorate too much credit, and the smart end too little.
I don't know, seems like they'd find a way to spin it anyway.
Since raising the debt ceiling doesn't happen automatically, the House GOP can stop it; whereas their budgets are subject to blocking by the Senate & President. So I kind of expect the massive fail may happen. It does appear to be what the "Starve the Beast" boys have wanted for years.
“The House Republican budget adds $6 trillion to the debt in the next decade yet the GOP is balking at raising the debt limit. The House Republican budget adds $6 trillion to the debt in the next decade yet the GOP is balking at raising the debt limit.”
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If I were Barack Obama, my mantra on this week’s debt tour and in the months ahead would be that we should lift the debt limit only by as much debt as is needed to accommodate Paul Ryan’s budget. The president and his team should say this every time they’re asked about the debt limit until people can’t stand hearing it any more. All I know is somebody better start saying this soon or I may be forced to do something desperate.
My hatred of the political culture of the present GOP is such that I hope they do something really stupid & enough consequence comes of it that their stupidity is apparent to the electorate, who then reject them. Could failing to raise the debt ceiling be that?
But that may be giving the dumb end of the electorate too much credit, and the smart end too little.
I don't know, seems like they'd find a way to spin it anyway.
Since raising the debt ceiling doesn't happen automatically, the House GOP can stop it; whereas their budgets are subject to blocking by the Senate & President. So I kind of expect the massive fail may happen. It does appear to be what the "Starve the Beast" boys have wanted for years.