Is it "Congress's" Constitutional Duty To Raise The Debt Ceiling?

And YOU stupidly think the debt has to be paid down to zero.

When has that ever happened?
LOL. Not by Democrats, that's not for sure. Look, I never said our debt had to be paid down to zero but we shouldn't be fiscally irresponsible and get it up to 32 trillion dollars and counting. You guys never want to pay anything down on the debt, ever.
 
LOL...

What republican talked about cutting spending from 2017 to 2021? It certainly wasn't you.

So fuck off .
Republicans just talked about cutting spending now while Democrats had refused to even talk about it. It's done. Now it's time for you to lie about it and claim that spending was cut under Biden's presidency.
 
So if he gets the nomination...you're not going to vote for him? You've lied so much already that nobody believes you so just go ahead and say "no" and add another lie to the Mt. Everest sized pile you've created.
I may very well not vote for him. I'm certainly not going to vote for him in the primaries. I'm also looking at other options, such as Independents and NO LABELS. Hell, Libertarians may even decide to put up a real candidate, although it's something they've never done before. But, socialists will not get my vote. I'll gladly vote for Trump over woke socialists. But, it's good to hear you admit that you know Trump won't be in jail.
 
Think about it. Karine Jean-Pierre says:

“You’ve heard from the president multiple times during the last five months. He’s been very clear,” she said. “You’ve heard from the president; you’ve heard from the economic team; you’ve heard from Democrats, the leadership in the House, in the Senate talk — speak to this about the urgency, about Congress actually needing to act and doing their constitutional duty.”

So, if it was set up that it is up to Congress to raise the debt ceiling then that pretty much means that it isn't an automatic thing if they have to decide to do it. So, it is not Congress's Constitutional duty to just raise the debt ceiling automatically because it was set up that they debate it.

Further, I find it fairly amusing that some Democrats want to use the 14th amendment from 1868 to override a law from 1917.

Not to mention, Republicans in the House have already passed a debt ceiling increase. We're waiting on the Senate and Biden to pass it into law.



Provided the GDP is growing, and the so-called "national debt" isn't 100%+ our GDP, we're fine. If the money the federal government spends is for vital services and infrastructural development, there's zero danger of hyperinflation. Our current federal budget is peanuts when compared to our GDP.
 
LOL. Not by Democrats, that's not for sure. Look, I never said our debt had to be paid down to zero but we shouldn't be fiscally irresponsible and get it up to 32 trillion dollars and counting. You guys never want to pay anything down on the debt, ever.
Actually Clinton had a surplus at the end of his second term and passed that on to Bush...who could blow it on tax cuts fast enough.

So....bullshit
 
I didn't say it would or will happen, just that the country would be better off with zero debt, just as any individual would be better off with no debt.
No sir, you're incorrect. The so-called "national debt" could just as well be called the "national surplus". Individuals like you and me, are currency users, not currency issuers. We don't issue the dollar, we use it. There's a vast difference between our personal or household debt and the US federal government's "debt". The federal government really doesn't have a debt, the "scary debt" or "31 trillion" both Republican and Democrat politicians like to throw around to terrify the public, is but a ledger of how much money is being saved in the economy in treasury bonds and in other assets, including personal savings. It's the money that the government prints that isn't returned to the government in taxes and in other fees (licenses, permits..etc.).

The government's "red ink" is our black ink. When our federal government "balances the budget" there is less money in the economy to invest. That's why there's a recession or even a deep depression whenever the government eliminates its "debt". Our federal government can never go insolvent or not have enough dollars to meet its obligations.
 
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