I like a bologna sandwich but I call it as I see it.
First: I agree that Boehner and Cantor and McConnell are responsible. SO are the dems and obama.. didnt you notice they voted for AND SIGNED the budget too?
NOT the tea party caucus. Most (not all) of the tea party caucus voted against the budget and THEY were branded by both dems and obama and the media because they were wanting to "shut the government down". They just wanted to reduce it. The dems and repubs said they would shut the gov down if the tea party got its way. The repub leadership chickened out and voted for their relection instead of doing what they promised which was to reduce the spending. Then they lied to us about how much they saved us.
Second: The dems and Obama INSISTED on big budgets and only wanted to TAX THE RICH before they would agree to anything. They are not interested in cutting the budget. They want to get reelected using class warfare.. simple as that and they knew the repubs would cave on spending before they would agree to tax increases on the rich. These save billions over 10 years deals are just scams and everyone knows it. They save nothing.
Third: Vote out everyone.. both parties.. EVERYONE that voted in favor of the budget this year.. dems, repubs and chicken tea partiers... if you are serious about TRYING to save our nation from financial ruin.
The financial crisis is NOT over. They bought us more time with more borrowed and printed money and using public money to pay the private debts and investments that went bad. The printing press is running full blast by the man behind the curtain.. and it WILL destroy our money. The fed is destroying this country and because people do not understand it or are not willing to take the pain it would take to fix it.. QE3 and secret deals are coming and the HOLE we have fallen into is way beyond repair.
Here is the only reason we are not in a depression:
As long as Europe is worse than us, and investors do not trust the chinese political system, investors have no where else to go and we will have a little more time.. but only a little.
No one can continue to borrow 40% of what they spend.. year after year. Not even the US gov. There is no recovery. Every good number is just a sign that the FED printing and government spending is still flowing.. and the current 16 trillion dollar debt will soon be 20 trillion.
The FED is buying HALF of the debt this country sells each year.. do you understand.. our printing presses have bought HALF of our own debt.. See the problem? Better enjoy your lifestyle while you can.
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Originally Posted by Villages Kahuna
The national debt has increased another trillion dollars since the Republicans took firm control of the House of Representatives. The House controls the country's pursestrings. They don't need the Senate or the President to begin to cut spending. Both the House and Senate are needed to approve or disapprove of government programs and the President has to sign the bills they pass. But the House controls the pursestrings to pay for them. And the Republicans aren't doing any better than the Democrats did when they had control for several years.
If you want to blame someone for the increases in the national debt in the last year or so...blame the Republican-controlled House of Representatives! Blame John Boehner. Blame Eric Cantor. Blame the Tea Party caucus. They're the ones responsible for continuing the spending for more than a year after they took control. Just as the Democrats should should be blamed for prior years. I know there are many that take great joy in blaming President Obama for the skyrocketing national debt. But he doesn't own the national checkbook. The House does. And the House is controlled by the party who many say is the answer to our spending problem. Hooey!
Does this come as a surprise? I know it doesn't to me. I never thought for an instant that a change in political control of the House would make a whit of difference. I know I said so here on this forum several times.
It's the same old story. If we believe what politicians running for office say or promise, we're as dumb as they know we are. If you think voting for a party or a candidate who promises fiscal reform if he's re-elected will actually work, you'll again prove them right.
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