Comments on: The issue isn’t default but government shutdown

By: stevemast

stevemast — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 03:17:41 +0000

Is the other government spending, things like the FBI, CIA, CDC, FAA, and Homeland security? We ok with all these things going away instantly so we can still issue Social Security, Medicare,and interest on the debt? No air traffic controllers and not FBI agents?

By: stevemast

stevemast — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 06:17:18 +0000

I’ve tried to post a comment but I guess thats not going to happen.

By: Bart2006

Bart2006 — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 20:02:20 +0000

So Goldman Sachs says it’s not really such a big deal? Yeh, right. They all ready got theirs.

By: StewartIII

StewartIII — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 00:45:00 +0000

NewsBusters: August Budget Chart All News Outlets Would Report If They Weren’t Liberal
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppa rd/2011/07/13/august-budget-chart-all-ne ws-outlets-would-report-if-they-werent-l ibe

By: agmartin

agmartin — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 18:10:04 +0000

You could leave medicare out of the essential spending, its not like doctors and hospitals aren’t used to delays in receiving payments from medicare.

By: johndodrill

johndodrill — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 18:09:53 +0000

The elephant in the room, everyone is afraid to point to, is socialist health care but that isn’t the only thing. Recently, it has come to people’s attention that $10 billion dollars is already being used on Obama care that hasn’t even happened yet. $30 billion dollars is being spent re-sanding American beaches. It’s difficult to believe that’s the extent of the problem. The debt ceiling isn’t the issue. Socialist health care and spending are the issues.

By: SpearWolf

SpearWolf — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 11:04:05 +0000

If Mr. Geithner needs any help with prioritizing spending, he can call the comptroller of my state, the People’s Republik of Illinois. IL has been so short of money for so long that this prioritizing is just business as usual. Currently, vendors who do business with the state are being paid almost 6 months in arrears.
Oh, did I forget to add that the Dems have controlled the state legislature for years?

By: t_parker16

t_parker16 — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 10:51:04 +0000

“Second, the Treasury is likely to prioritize payments.”

But Geithner has stated that they believe they do not have the constitutional authority to do this. You don’t think those whose payments were delayed will sue — successfully?

By: asyoureadthis

asyoureadthis — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 19:19:40 +0000

The Repub presidential candidate should have a joint press conference/conference call and state unanimously that if any of them were president, we would not default and Social Security and Veterans benefits would not be affected by this as the CURRENT president is doing