Comments on: Democratic Senators Hike Debt Ceiling

By: Vatar

Vatar — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 06:39:42 +0000

Is there some reason that Senator Kirk (D-MA) continues to vote? Hasn’t he been replaced by Senator Brown (R-MA)?

By: CNSYD

CNSYD — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 14:50:54 +0000

Oh that life were as simple as you simpletons want to make it. Ever heard of a balance sheet? Have you ever seen one for the US that lists ASSETS as well as liabilities? No, because one has not been produced. What Fortune 500 company has NO liabilities?

Ducky, how much is being spent per day in Iraq and Afganistan? Wasn’t that inherited? Bet Obama quickly found out that backing out is a lot harder than going in.

LFM, who is most of this debt owed to? Would you not sleep at night if we stiffed China and the Arabs? Remember there are only two types of countries in the world. Those whose ass we saved and those whose ass we beat. So we will just call it even.

By: Rick

Rick — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 12:36:45 +0000

Funny thing about debt, it’s not the money you save, its the money you spend….stop spending and you don’t have to raise the debt ceiling….

By: Ducky

Ducky — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 06:06:35 +0000

Blame Bush for O’Bummer’s complete failures…

yada,yada,yada…

It’s been a year, with a filibuster proof majority …

If he wanted to fix it, it would be done already…

It’s all O’Bozo’s fault now, and he should “Man Up” and take responsibility!

By: Liberty For Me

Liberty For Me — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 03:53:48 +0000

All the socialists are right….once your at 12 trillion,what the hell difference is there to 14 trillion?? Neither one is a goal to ever be reached to repay.

The great part of this is that the best way to save our freedom is to wait for them to break the bank and default on the whole thing…
But we must be able to take them on and return liberty when the opportunity arises.

By: madcock

madcock — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 01:51:42 +0000

Hey you HYPOCRITICAL mofo, did you criticize the Repubs for raising the debt limit seven times during the Dubya administration?

Next you’ll be criticizig Dems for committing domestic violence.

By: Pat Hendrix

Pat Hendrix — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 23:05:59 +0000

40 percent of the stimulus was tax cuts, Jimbo. The backloaded Bush tax cuts also account for an enormous gap in the books. Hey, let’s have a few more. That should solve the debt problem.

God that dude is stupid. Not dishonest, stupid. And by all means, don’t get between Demint and a camera. You’ll get trampled.

By: CNSYD

CNSYD — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 21:35:18 +0000

Events are not as simplistic as they seem. The debt ceiling had to be raised in order to pay for expenses that had been previously authorized and appropriated. It is apples and oranges to connect future cuts with present debt ceiling increases. The party currently in power does not bear sole responsibility for all present expenses. Yes they have some culpability but both parties have pushed through the programs and wars for which the bills are now due. Votes such as these do provide master grandstanders such as Deminited to have sound bites. He KNEW this measure would pass but he could not bypass the grandstand.

By: vicupstate

vicupstate — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 20:45:13 +0000

I remember in 1981 when the Congress raised the debt ceiling right after the GOP took control of the Senate for the first time since 1954, and Reagan had just taken the oath of office. Howard Baker told the GOP senators, who had never previously voted yes, that they were in control now, and had to govern, not just throw rhetorical bombs.

Raising the debt ceiling is just a formality that the ruling party has to do, no matter how distasteful. To not do so, would shut down the government. That didn’t work too well for the GOP in 1995.

Spending needs to be brought under control, but you can’t simply stop spending money altogether.