Comments on: The McConnell Plan and the GOP House

By: Peg_C

Peg_C — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 09:26:56 +0000

Defense is a CORE responsibility of government per the Constitution. Education, health care, Social Security, Medicare, all the various bloodsucking departments and agencies (NEA, EPA, Energy, most cabinet positions/depts., etc., ARE NOT. Make cuts in defense but only if making commensurate cuts in all other areas. And survival of the republic likely will require defunding and abolishing most of the Death Star size of the socialist state created in the past 80+ years.

Your entire dogma is crumbling and you along with it, Unsympathetic. I was probably far more lefty than you for 26 years. It’s a fraud and a nihilistic way to live, and its endgame is elimination of humanity. But none of you is willing to live in reality and SEE what you are doing. We are.

By: Unsympathetic

Unsympathetic — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 18:00:50 +0000

You really want to cut spending? Start with the military. Then roll back the Bush taxcuts ($500B in 2008) and Medicare Part D – and voila, the budget’s balanced. Don’t forget that the Bush taxcuts were sold on the basis of “creating jobs” – how’s that working out, liars?

Obama won’t give an inch unless taxes are raised, as he shouldn’t, and the business leaders who are the Republican base have told Congress to quit monkeying around and get the job done of raising the debt ceiling.

To quote the most recent memoranda sent by the top CEO’s to the House members: “Asking what will happen after the debt limit is not raised is like asking how life will be after you commit suicide.”

By: Peg_C

Peg_C — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 15:21:37 +0000

The majority of TP people and conservatives want no increase in the debt ceiling whatsoever, because we know that >$200 billion is taken in monthly in revenues while 0bama now has spending at >$300 billion monthly. Servicing the debt is ~$20 billion per month. Even adding in entitlements and defense, there is plenty left over. We are demanding severe and immediate cuts in spending NOW before any raise in the debt ceiling is discussed, and it is not needed in any case. Raising the ceiling will only encourage Congress to spend more. We want severe and painful cuts to government. The examples of where to achieve this are innumerable.

We are holding Boehner’s, Cantor’s, and all conservative GOP House members’ feet to the fire. They’re gone if they don’t do what we gave them the majority to do. End of discussion.

By: jakster1

jakster1 — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 04:20:23 +0000

wHY IS IT SO HARD TO GRASP THE CONCEPT THAT INCREASING THE DEBT LIMIT WILL ALLOW PAST SPENDING DECISIONS TO BE PAID FOR?

By: Mainer1776

Mainer1776 — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 18:17:15 +0000

The debt ceiling is the responsibility of the Congress. If Congressmen/women don’t want to do do their jobs, then why the Hell are they in Congress?