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A guy in ariZONA
The republicans will have to vote for it.
Their political careers will be ruined if they dont.
The public will hold them responsible for the mess not voting for it will bring
It's a pretty simple deal that the Republicans are offereing. For every dollar of increase in the debt ceiling, there must be a matching decrease of dollars from spending.
In 2008 we hit the 10 trillion dollar level of debt and now we are at 14+ trillion. This has just got to impress you a little.
Debt Ceiling Raised To $14.3 Trillion And How Large Is Our GDP, Really? | The Moderate Voice
The Senate approved a $1.9 trillion increase to the debt ceiling, which will get us through the end of the year (yes our debt is increasing $2 trillion this year). It seems like only yesterday when $10 trillion was reached, no wait, it was early Oct. 2008. That means that in two years time we will have increased it 40%. Incredible.
Raise the taxes on the top two percent. Make corporations pay taxes and end the afghan war.
Any idea how much money this is?