The Tea Party Says Nothing Will Happen If We Default

[BlindBoo]

They say it's all a hoax being perpetuated on us like global warming.

But if the Default does affect us and it does a lot of harm to our economy, do you suppose the Tea Party will take responsibility for making a bad prediction, or do you suppose they'll then blame President Obama for it?

The Tea Party says you're a liar; but then, being a Progressive means that you're a liar

Sure Frankie, the Tea Party tells us now that it will be good for the country and a stabilizing factor in the Global Economy.

 

[Derideo_Te]

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While I have virtually no faith or trust in professional politicians at this point, I refuse to believe that the Tea Party politicians don't understand the ramifications of even the HINT of a default.

That would mean they have no understanding of international economies and markets, no appreciation of America's role in international financial systems, no knowledge of how a weakened image of America's financial stability manifests as competitive governments and currencies sense blood in the water, no understand of the damage that can be done to an already terribly fragile domestic economy, NONE of it.

I have to believe they understand this and will not let this continue much longer. If they truly don't understand what this means, we're in even worse shape than I thought.

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Given what the Tea Party have been saying it is readily apparent that they don't have any comprehension of the ramifications of what they are doing.

If they get their way we are all screwed, including the Tea Party.

 

[Soggy in NOLA]

What they are saying is that we aren't going to default... even if we don't raise the debt ceiling, there will be enough coming in to service the debt.

Obama is lying when he says that not raising the debt ceiling will cause us to default.

 

[ScienceRocks]

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While I have virtually no faith or trust in professional politicians at this point, I refuse to believe that the Tea Party politicians don't understand the ramifications of even the HINT of a default.

That would mean they have no understanding of international economies and markets, no appreciation of America's role in international financial systems, no knowledge of how a weakened image of America's financial stability manifests as competitive governments and currencies sense blood in the water, no understand of the damage that can be done to an already terribly fragile domestic economy, NONE of it.

I have to believe they understand this and will not let this continue much longer. If they truly don't understand what this means, we're in even worse shape than I thought.

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Given what the Tea Party have been saying it is readily apparent that they don't have any comprehension of the ramifications of what they are doing.

If they get their way we are all screwed, including the Tea Party.

The tea party wants to take us back to 1791. Or at least before the civil war with far more state power and limited government....

Which will mean that America isn't a super power....Do realize America would of never been a super power if such ideas remind.

 

[billyerock1991]

Just like nothing happen the last time right ???

 

[billyerock1991]

The new talking point is that even if we hit the debt ceiling....and do not raise it....we will not default because we have plenty of money to cover our debts.

Everything is going to be just fine.

Hard to believe isn't it?

Military foundation steps up to cover 'disgusting' delay in payments for families of fallen - U.S. News

It's not like there isn't an ongoing war or anything..

what happens when you don't pay on your debt the interest goes up ... these guys are clueless at best the tea party needs to be voted out at all cost

 

[Derideo_Te]

Notice how quickly Bripat ran away weeping when you called his bluff?

It's easy to see that the Tea Party is firmly in control of the GOP and calling the shots. The true Speaker is now Ted Cruz.

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The goal of 2014 should be directed towards removing radicals.

I agree. To that end, we need to remove at least 20 Senate Democrat seats and replace them with Senators who have sound finanical backgrounds so that we can begin to move toward a sane budget for this country.

Except that the math doesn't work that way. Only 10 Dem seats are up and 24 Republican seats. Of those 24, 7 GOP seats are in states carried by Obama in 2012. At the rate the Tea Party is going with the current government shutdown those 7 seats might end up changing sides in 2014. There needs to be a resolution to the current crisis now or those 7 Senate seats could be history.

 

[KissMy]

Do you have a link for this claim?

Tom Colburn just said it on a clip on Morning Joe. There has already been a huge drop in consumer confidence. -15 points.

This isn't a damn game, Boehner.. Get government open ya idiot.

Yup! - Consumer confidence has fallen off the cliff!

 

[Toro]

From the same link

Ted Yoho, a first-term Tea Party congressman from Florida, went even further last week, telling the Washington Post that not raising the debt limit ”would bring stability to the world markets” by assuring investors the US was curbing its $16.7tn debt load.

That guy's a moron.

 

[JakeStarkey]

Short term borrowing interest has doubled.

The TPM will seriously hurt the economy if we default.

 

[Edgetho]

The goal of 2014 should be directed towards removing radicals.

I agree. To that end, we need to remove at least 20 Senate Democrat seats and replace them with Senators who have sound finanical backgrounds so that we can begin to move toward a sane budget for this country.

Except that the math doesn't work that way. Only 10 Dem seats are up and 24 Republican seats. Of those 24, 7 GOP seats are in states carried by Obama in 2012. At the rate the Tea Party is going with the current government shutdown those 7 seats might end up changing sides in 2014. There needs to be a resolution to the current crisis now or those 7 Senate seats could be history.

Wow....

When dimocraps bring the stupid.... They really bring the stupid

United States Senate elections, 2014 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Among the seats up for election in 2014, currently, there are 21 held by Democrats and 14 held by Republicans with the seat in New Jersey pending a special election without the incumbent running.

 

[Stephanie]

Love how the liberals search the internet to find a politician that says what they want to hear, then calling him the leader of the Tea Party movement.

The funny thing is that you morons actually think it has meaning at all.

yep, integrity and honesty is not in them

it's pretty sad

 

[Edgetho]

Senate Democrats face a very tough 2014 map

 

[Katzndogz]

Democrats are going to claim that republicans will be wiped out in 2014 until the election. Then if republicans gain, they can say all the elections were rigged. See how that works.

Democrats say that the people are behind obama whose approval is rising as republicans are dropping. The reality is that obama's approval is now 37% and still falling.

obama has only one problem, he isn't a leader. He can't lead. He thinks demanding is the same as leading. He demands, his demands are met and that's leadership. That's why he is failing so badly in foreign policy. He does the same thing with the leaders of other countries. He demands, the demands aren't met and his stomps his feet.

The current impasse isn't that much different that obama's demand that Russia turn Edward Snowden over. What did obama do? He refused to talk to Russians and said he should have to talk to them, they should call him instead. There are international "norms" where there is no treaty. Russia should do what they are told. This is no different.

 

[JakeStarkey]

Obama 37% with the GOP about half of that

Congress 5%

I know that inconvenient facts bother the far right reactionaries.

 

[Katzndogz]

The new talking point is that even if we hit the debt ceiling....and do not raise it....we will not default because we have plenty of money to cover our debts.

Everything is going to be just fine.

Hard to believe isn't it?

Military foundation steps up to cover 'disgusting' delay in payments for families of fallen - U.S. News

It's not like there isn't an ongoing war or anything..

what happens when you don't pay on your debt the interest goes up ... these guys are clueless at best the tea party needs to be voted out at all cost

If obama doesn't pay on the debt, it's deliberate. The income of the US is approximately 220 billion a month. The payment on the interest and principle is not quite 25 billion a month. There might not be money for 100 million dollar vacations, but there's enough to pay the debt and run the government.

 

[birddog]

Obama and Reid should be horsewhipped for being the ones primarily responsible for partially shutting down the government! Then, they have the nerve to lie and blame it on others! Geeez!

 

[bendog]

If the gop doesn't take the senate, Reid should send roses to Cruz.

 

[Stephanie]

Obama and Reid should be horsewhipped for being the ones primarily responsible for partially shutting down the government! Then, they have the nerve to lie and blame it on others! Geeez!

and then we get dishonest threads like this from their loyal sheep

it's embarrassing how they fall right in lockstep with them

 

[Stephanie]

You can BET if this had been BUSH you people wouldn't be on here blaming Dirty Harry Reid

you all are so predictable is shameful