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We do have a debt ceiling for a reason random thoughts Send a noteboard - 09/08/2011 04:05:59 PM
It is meant to pressure congress to not let the debt grow out of control. The debt ceiling was raised, America didn't defualt on it's loans and some modest spending cuts were inacted, maybe. The question shouldn't why they did they use the debt deliing to put pressure on lowering the debt this time but why they didn't use it that way before instead of just raising it without question. Hell if we are going to do that lets just raise to 100 tillion and not more about for a century or so.
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I did not say that. Great Lord of Chaos - 06/08/2011 06:51:35 AM 978 Views
S&P didn't demand cuts, they demanded fiscal responsibility. Joel - 06/08/2011 03:18:10 PM 1138 Views
Obama caved spectacularly to avoid a default. Great Lord of Chaos - 06/08/2011 04:37:21 PM 960 Views
Obama caved spectacularly to ease re-election. Joel - 06/08/2011 05:34:04 PM 1140 Views
and haters gotta hate..... *NM* Aisha - 06/08/2011 05:49:25 AM 472 Views
I admit it, I hate what Obama is doing to our country..... *NM* trzaska2000 - 06/08/2011 06:12:39 AM 489 Views
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The biggest? why that is pretty damn big!!! random thoughts - 09/08/2011 06:29:24 PM 920 Views
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Your momma is more to blame than the Tea Party..... trzaska2000 - 06/08/2011 06:12:05 AM 873 Views
S&P demanded more DEFICIT REDUCTION. Joel - 06/08/2011 03:55:19 PM 1018 Views
As ever your disinterest in facts seems to be central to your posting. snoopcester - 06/08/2011 11:34:20 AM 961 Views
Which would be less annoying if so much of Congress didn't suffer from the same delusions. Joel - 06/08/2011 03:48:04 PM 858 Views
Does Timmy G play sax like his brother Kenny? *NM* TaskmasterJack - 06/08/2011 01:11:17 PM 476 Views
Fun fact - I dated in HS Kenny G's niece..... trzaska2000 - 06/08/2011 03:13:52 PM 857 Views
Re: Fun fact - I dated in HS Kenny G's niece..... TaskmasterJack - 06/08/2011 04:50:35 PM 952 Views
Sadly, not that niece!!! *NM* trzaska2000 - 06/08/2011 06:40:39 PM 483 Views
S&P specifically cited GOP refusal to raise taxes among their reasons. Joel - 06/08/2011 03:10:22 PM 1030 Views
Of course one could just read the actual S&P report Isaac - 06/08/2011 04:01:07 PM 1025 Views
Sure. Joel - 06/08/2011 04:53:47 PM 1055 Views
Right, ABC new's summary of the report is not the report Isaac - 06/08/2011 07:02:46 PM 1344 Views
Link works, but I'm not sure why you think it refutes snoops assessment or mine. Joel - 06/08/2011 08:35:10 PM 1144 Views
It doesn't refute it, it just isn't this simple distillation you're offering Isaac - 06/08/2011 09:23:33 PM 949 Views
It's more than half a sentence; I quoted several paragraphs. Joel - 06/08/2011 09:56:31 PM 836 Views
Well yes, after I gave you the report, I think I'm pretty obviously refering to before that Isaac - 06/08/2011 11:02:17 PM 855 Views
Before you and Joel continue on with dragging my name into this snoopcester - 06/08/2011 11:47:00 PM 959 Views
That's the trouble with a highly partisan environment: Joel - 07/08/2011 01:37:57 AM 977 Views
Before that I was referring to the paragraphs quoted in the ABC report. Joel - 07/08/2011 01:21:18 AM 1271 Views
not really random thoughts - 06/08/2011 10:15:32 PM 902 Views
"the mix of spending and revenue measures" Joel - 06/08/2011 10:23:06 PM 981 Views
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I read a "mix" to be a mix. Joel - 09/08/2011 12:14:35 AM 893 Views
So in other words you just ignore the actaull words and read it say what you want it to say *NM* random thoughts - 09/08/2011 02:07:57 PM 540 Views
A mix of something and nothing is impossible; one thing is one thing, not a mix. Joel - 09/08/2011 04:56:00 PM 1079 Views
Would 99.99% to 0.01% be a mix? random thoughts - 09/08/2011 06:25:08 PM 1159 Views
Yup, but 100% to 0% is not. Joel - 09/08/2011 06:35:13 PM 981 Views
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US politicians are too busy fighting over who gets to play the fiddle. *NM* Nate - 06/08/2011 05:53:32 PM 490 Views
You are either really naive or just stupid. Which is it? *NM* everynametaken - 06/08/2011 06:31:58 PM 463 Views
Reply to everyone whining about the Tea Party..... trzaska2000 - 06/08/2011 06:58:40 PM 1045 Views
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would him resigning really help? Yunalesca - 07/08/2011 10:24:00 AM 927 Views
not as long as he has the high functioning moron Joe Biden as VP. random thoughts - 08/08/2011 12:34:32 AM 938 Views
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40% is not a small tax increase and a small spending cut Roland00 - 09/08/2011 04:20:28 AM 835 Views
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We do have a debt ceiling for a reason random thoughts - 09/08/2011 04:05:59 PM 890 Views
Because, when you get down to it, the debt ceilings very existence was always a political threat. Joel - 09/08/2011 05:02:12 PM 841 Views
Ultimately, I'm forced to agree completely. Joel - 09/08/2011 05:09:19 PM 917 Views
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