Debt Ceiling

[SalinasSpartan]

On 5/25/2023 at 2:14 PM, UNLV2001 said:

Remember when the republicans were going to work on the economy -- Now it's just endless culture war investigations over their perceived fantasies 

 

So, now the Republicans want to investigate Jan 6?

[azgreg]

 

[sactowndog]

On 5/25/2023 at 5:21 PM, azgreg said:

 

Well all know the “Freedumb Caucus” will blow it up.  Trump wants chaos and they do his bidding.  The more chaos that exists the more an authoritarian can come to power.  

[Nevada Convert]

The debt ceiling of this echo chamber provides some killer echo.

[sactowndog]

On 5/25/2023 at 5:28 PM, Nevada Convert said:

The debt ceiling of this echo chamber provides some killer echo.

So what is you prediction on how it plays out? 

[sactowndog]

On 5/25/2023 at 5:25 PM, sactowndog said:

Well all know the “Freedumb Caucus” will blow it up.  Trump wants chaos and they do his bidding.  The more chaos that exists the more an authoritarian can come to power.  

As predicted…..  their oath is to Trump not the United States 

 

[Jackrabbit]

Sad we are talking debt limit instead of budget.   This is a progressives dream come true.

 

[sactowndog]

On 5/27/2023 at 10:06 AM, Jackrabbit said:

Sad we are talking debt limit instead of budget.   This is a progressives dream come true.

 

Why is that Jack?  

[Old_SD_Dude]

On 5/27/2023 at 10:06 AM, Jackrabbit said:

Sad we are talking debt limit instead of budget.

Just like we did through the Administrations of Bush and Nacho Duce. 

[soupslam1]

On 5/25/2023 at 10:58 PM, sactowndog said:

So what is you prediction on how it plays out? 

The way it always does. At the last hour a compromise will be reached. Up to this point it’s political theater like it always is. 

[sactowndog]

On 5/27/2023 at 5:12 PM, soupslam1 said:

The way it always does. At the last hour a compromise will be reached. Up to this point it’s political theater like it always is. 

Sig bet they default 

[Jackrabbit]

On 5/27/2023 at 5:37 PM, Old_SD_Dude said:

Just like we did through the Administrations of Bush and Nacho Duce. 

I agree

[Gonzagafan2021]

Economic Crisis averted 

[sactowndog]

On 5/27/2023 at 6:52 PM, Gonzagafan2021 said:

Economic Crisis averted 

Not yet.  It has to pass the House and if the Freedom Caucus doesn’t like the direction they could force a vote to vacate the Speakers Chair.  
 

people like this have to vote on it….

 

McCarthy continues to appeal to the extremists by attacking Biden, saying inaccurately that the president “wasted time and refused to negotiate for months” when, in fact, it was the Republicans who could not agree on what to bring to the table until April 26. But this may well not be enough; already Kyle Griffin of MSNBC reports that two Republican sources have said that the far right is already balking at the deal and is “plotting ways to gum up passage of the bill or add amendments to make it more appealing to hardliners.”

 

https://open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/may-27-2023?r=o3nfn&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post
 

 

[Jackrabbit]

On 5/27/2023 at 8:27 PM, sactowndog said:

Not yet.  It has to pass the House and if the Freedom Caucus doesn’t like the direction they could force a vote to vacate the Speakers Chair.  
 

people like this have to vote on it….

 

McCarthy continues to appeal to the extremists by attacking Biden, saying inaccurately that the president “wasted time and refused to negotiate for months” when, in fact, it was the Republicans who could not agree on what to bring to the table until April 26. But this may well not be enough; already Kyle Griffin of MSNBC reports that two Republican sources have said that the far right is already balking at the deal and is “plotting ways to gum up passage of the bill or add amendments to make it more appealing to hardliners.”

 

https://open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/may-27-2023?r=o3nfn&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post
 

 

Far right....bullshit.  both parties have set this moment up for decades by over spending.

[sactowndog]

On 5/28/2023 at 6:55 AM, Jackrabbit said:

Far right....bullshit.  both parties have set this moment up for decades by over spending.

I don’t disagree and the time to change it is when you go through the budget process.   Limit appropriations then.  
 

This hissy fit is like saying, I’m not going to pay it, when the credit card bill comes due.  It also absolutely says one Congress won’t honor the decisions of another Congress.  Particularly galling consider it was the Republican Congress under Trump they aren’t honoring.  
 

the far left has not hindered the debt ceiling passage.  

[SalinasSpartan]

On 5/28/2023 at 6:55 AM, Jackrabbit said:

Far right....bullshit.  both parties have set this moment up for decades by over spending.

And this has…. What to do with Lauren Boebert?

[Jackrabbit]

On 5/28/2023 at 8:45 AM, sactowndog said:

I don’t disagree and the time to change it is when you go through the budget process.   Limit appropriations then.  
 

This hissy fit is like saying, I’m not going to pay it, when the credit card bill comes due.  It also absolutely says one Congress won’t honor the decisions of another Congress.  Particularly galling consider it was the Republican Congress under Trump they aren’t honoring.  
 

the far left has not hindered the debt ceiling passage.  

Nor have they tried to lessen spending.

[azgreg]

On 5/28/2023 at 6:55 AM, Jackrabbit said:

both parties have set this moment up for decades by over spending.

How much is the right spending?

 

[SalinasSpartan]

On 5/28/2023 at 10:05 AM, azgreg said:

How much is the right spending?

 

His answer will always essentially be, “I have absolutely no idea, but less. And I will be MUCH more vocal about this when a Democrat is in the White House.”