GOP House Passes Socialist Debt Limit Increase. . .Per Usual Business (No Tea Party)

[mascale]

Probably no one in the House or the Senate much cares if they get paid or not. President John Kennedy sent all of his pay to charities. . .which likely wouldn't miss much if even that were stopped, even this year. It was never clear, in "The Graduate," why no one mentioned "Charities," to Dustin Hoffman as the path to riches certain in America. Someone could have even said, "California Civil Service."

House approves bill to defuse debt ceiling - Jan. 23, 2013

The Republicans seem, once again, to be getting back to "All Of The Above," as usual,

The measure only calls for Budget Resolutions in each federal chamber. Senator Reid seems to have the votes to pass the thing in the Senate. The White House has announced that it will sign off.

None of the limited money will go to the Payroll Tax Holiday, or to the Make Work Pay Refundable Income Tax Credit. The Democrats are back to being Civil Rights liberals, again: With clearly no thought about the money!

"Crow, James Crow: Shaken, Not Stirred!"
(Money for the rich with no pump priming for the Low Income segments of the marketplace, as usual. Now, at least, anyone can suggest that after all, this new Presidential Term is already best described as being, "Like, So Gay." In fact. . .it is probably even politically correct to do that(?)!)

 

[waltky]

Granny says ain't none o' dem politicians in touch with reality...

Obama's Refusal to Negotiate Over Debt Limit Not Based in Reality
May 16, 2013 – House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) said Thursday that President Barack Obama’s refusal to negotiate over the debt ceiling is not based in “reality.”

National Economic Council Director Gene Sperling said last week that Obama is “simply not going to negotiate on the debt limit,” which had been suspended by Congress until May 19.

During a press conference on Capitol Hill, Boehner was asked, “What’s your reaction when the president says he is not negotiating over the debt ceiling?” “Well, it’s easy to make a statement to that effect, but it’s just not reality,” he said. “The fact is that his Treasury Department needs to pay the bills. The debt limit has to be dealt with. It has to be dealt with in a responsible way. “And he can’t continue to increase the debt limit without doing something about what’s driving the increase in the debt limit,” Boehner said. “And that is out of control spending.”

The current debt limit of $16.394 trillion has been suspended until May 18. If no action is taken by Congress, the Treasury Department will then institute “extraordinary measures” to stave off the debt ceiling until likely October or November, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) said on Tuesday. Boehner has previously demanded any increase in the debt ceiling be matched dollar for dollar with spending cuts. He urged his members on Wednesday to be unified in a plan for the debt limit this fall, which may include entitlement cuts and reform to the tax code in exchange for an increase, according to The Hill.

The debt ceiling was last raised in August 2011 to $16.394 trillion, and that was reached on Dec. 31, 2012. Congress, however, agreed to suspend the ceiling until May 18 during the fiscal cliff negotiations at the beginning of the year. As of the close of business Tuesday, the total public debt held by the federal government stands at $16.761 trillion.

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[whitehall]

Wouldn't you know the ignorant pop-culture educated left would praise a drug addicted rich dilettante philanderer president for giving his salary to charity. So much for Camelot.

 

[EdwardBaiamonte]

As of the close of business Tuesday, the total public debt held by the federal government stands at $16.761 trillion.

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[/QUOTE]

Yep, the Tea Party was successfully smeared by the libs and now the debt will keep climbing. If the American people knew they were paying that debt directly out of their standard of living they would instantly object!