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| “I haven’t seen anything like it before. I have no way of divining [Trump‘s] motives. I’m a pretty intelligent guy. I don’t understand.” |
Now, McCain can't figure out why the President would work with Democrats to help structure an storm aid relief package and temporary funding of the Government. As if it's okay for him to work with Democrats, but not for the President?
Perhaps, John, because once again, the Republicans in the Senate and House couldn't get their shit together long enough to unite on a bill that would fund the relief effort in the wake of hurricane Harvey? The President rightfully believed that it would be "easier" to work with unified Democrats and only work to pull in a handful of Republicans... rather than play the whack a mole game of continuously trying to not lose more than any two Republicans at any given time.
It's fine, Senator McCain if you want to make your personal power play moves at the expense of your Party and the policy directions of your Party.... but you don't get to to do so when the country needs to get together to help victims of a natural disaster. Even the GOP supporters will lose patience with petty politics when people's lives are at stake.
98 comments:
A bitter old man.
mccain needs to resign his seat, go home, and enjoy his remaining days.
he IS a bitter old man, and one that i never considered to be all that intelligent.
Loretta said...
A bitter old man.
Which describes you to a T!!!! LOL
"mccain needs to resign his seat, go home, and enjoy his remaining days"
Exactly.
He'll never get over losing every bid for the Presidency.
A male Hillary...
McCain wants to restore the trust of the political system that has been lost for couple decades. All the polls show that they people on the majority do not trust the government to work properly. Donald Trump exploited that successfully and got elected my climbing he was going to clean up the swamp. It's been obvious he has done nothing at all on that line and McCain is stating the truth. We must restore this faith in our system or we may lose it and that's the scary thing.
If the Democrats ever want to regain power they are going to have to restore the faith and trust in the systems of government.
Take a look what's going on now in Florida and what happened in Texas. The government provided the services necessary to save thousands of lives and eventually to rebuild the infrastructure. But in these low tax states they had to go to the federal government for federal aid Senator McCain is correct. We must restore our faith in the system of government and through a bipartisan mechanism and address the serious problems that we face.
The so-called Freedom caucus bitterly fought against the funding for the recovery for Hurricane Harvey. They would do the same thing for the relief of hurricane Irma.
There's plenty of room for blame ch. It's not just McCain. The main reason he lost his because he picked the wrong vice presidential candidate she was a total disaster and you know that. Nobody wanted Sarah Palin One Heartbeat Away from the presidency nobody with a brain that worked. His worst judgment he ever made. And yes he is a true hero and can you blame him for not liking Donald J Trump for lying about it and calling him not a hero because he wasn't because he was captured.? What are you thinking? I'll think about it Jiminy Christmas
One last comment before I head to the gym. The storm is tracking on the west coast of Florida and is headed right for Orlando. Common Sense lives in Orlando and we should make sure that we give her our best thoughts and prayers if necessary for his family and safety. Political differences don't matter in this kind of situation. I'm hoping he's prepared and his family is safe. Cue the insults. :-(
McCain and others and the Republican Party are actually looking at possibility on a true bipartisan approach to taking care of the health care problem that we have in this country. What are the most imaginative country in the world we have done that Time After Time. We can do this if we shut the damn door on the ideological idiots and talk about what we can do and what we can't do. I will not get my single pair of spare system, I know that, but we can get a lot better system than we had before Obamacare and we can improve Obamacare and make it work. Repealing and replacement is just a joke. It's just campaign slang. And open-minded analysis of the situation could actually get to the store solution instead of claiming that the senator from Arizona is out of it and lost it because of his drink brain tumor. He reported today that the progress is doing quite well and he's and although it's very dangerous we know that. But he's a strong man and he is fighting it tooth and nail. And he's telling the truth the cold hearted truth and that needs to be addressed because we have to fix this system. We cannot throw out 20 million mostly elderly people because we don't want to pay another minute of tax? Is that a good idea? I mean or just let them hurry up and die? What the hell you want? Well that's why I don't get any answers no no no no no no, because they're too difficult answer. Because the cold hearted truth that you have closed your mind to stand up for the President, no matter what he says or does. That is not an insult that is the truth the cold hearted truth. Adios amigos buenos dias. The old gym rat is back. They call me the BEAST! :-) :-) :-)
Stick to construction, healthcare modeling is way out of your league
"healthcare modeling is way out of your league"
You simply can't imagine the heegeebees at the thought.
HbB, I willing not make fun of your physical weakness or your emotional troubles.
Exactly. His math skills on his "million dollar Profit" that shrunk to $75,000 or less the more he share his numbers. Used his home as an ATM. SAD.
Exactly. His math skills on his "million dollar Profit" that shrunk to $75,000 or less the more he share his numbers. Used his home as an ATM. SAD.
KD said...
Exactly. His math skills on his "million dollar Profit" that shrunk to $75,000
You are exactly the biggest asshole in kansas....be proud, stumpy.....Ass you envy others accomplishments because you have none, never worked and just occupy space....Idiot You must be extremely bored with the amount of time you spend here having your ass handed to you by so many.....
, healthcare modeling is way out of your league
And yours too, pauline.....
Quote of the Day
“This is the time to talk about climate change. This is the time that the president and the EPA and whoever makes decisions needs to talk about climate change. If this isn’t climate change, I don’t know what is. This is a truly, truly poster child for what is to come.”
— Miami Mayor Tomás Regalado (R), quoted by the Miami Herald, criticizing the Trump administration for denying the connection between climate change and increasingly destructive storms.
Anyone who has a modicum of doubt that GW did not influence Irma, needs a gut check....Longest lasting cat 5 both oceans 70+ hours, 185 mph winds for an unprecedented 40+ hours.....record heat content in the atlantic can be thanked for this incredible power....but GW is a hoax to most here.....
Hi mutt
Trump Upends 150 Years of Two-Party Rule
New York Times: “Although elected as a Republican last year, Mr. Trump has shown in the nearly eight months in office that he is, in many ways, the first independent to hold the presidency since the advent of the current two-party system around the time of the Civil War.
“In recent weeks, he has quarreled more with fellow Republicans than with the opposition, blasting congressional leaders on Twitter, ousting former party officials in his White House, embracing primary challenges to incumbent lawmakers who defied him and blaming Republican figures for not advancing his policy agenda."
"Male Hillay" Ette to funny.
WAIT, Sir Hillary is Female?
And yours too, pauline.....
And fatty will cry that I start the flame wars.
You can't quit me, can you o'rotund one
Cali. Funny and true.
And once again our obsessed pauline threatens with a flame war....WOW....as I live vicariously in your mind, you can only envy what I have and you don't....Fatty, asshole, is a flame which is all you ever post. What a sad existence and menial life.....go hootch a mate !!!LOLOLOLOL
Coward jane, post under ur true moniker u r not fouling anyone.
Is Trump now your president?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGlgR0U7HHo
It's been obvious he has done nothing at all on that line and McCain is stating the truth.
What does it say, Roger... when Trump is on the same side as all of the Democrats, and every Republican in the Senate but 17.
And you still agree with the 17 who are opposing Trump.
Trump Derangement Syndrome!!!!
Trump is on the same side as all of the Democrats,
And you still unconditionally adore him! Trump derangement is correct.....
as I live vicariously in your mind,
It'd be nice if you could come up with a smidgen of originality but I understand that's way beyond you're pathetic moronic existence.
Hit the senior discount club at whatever buffet The Villages have
Pitiful
stumpy posted
not fouling anyone.
The only ones fouling anything is you and trump.....
Hi mutt, do you need to go outside or can you hold it.
It'd be nice if you could come up with a smidgen of originality
Okay asshole, since your sophomoric intellect only understands third grade insults, i'm surprise you understood vicariously. Oh well maybe you can revive a wounded brain cell and get you to grow up a little....But I hold little hope. Idiot, I'm raising the rent and letting you flame all you want....gee, that was simple, just like you.....LOLOLOL
Trump is on the same side as all of the Democrats,
And you still unconditionally adore him!
Wow, Opie...
You just never quite pay attention, do you? Everything in "simple for Opie to understand" terms. Black/White... Up/Down.
I personally never supported an unfettered raising of the debt limit for 18 months... period. Mine is the actually the fiscal conservative viewpoint on this, supported by the type of conservatives I tend to read and listen to.
The Democrats are not doing this as a matter of principal, nor are the establishment Republicans opposing this on merit or Principle. Both groups are doing this all for the politics of it.
This is very obvious to those of us who pay attention.
That's what you came up with?
Damn, considering I've lived in your empty skull for 10 years and now you're gonna try to claim you're in mine
You're not a worthy troll, you're just fat and pitiful.
Try something original, fatty
And don't cry that I started this, it was all you fatboy
You just never quite pay attention, do you?
Originality would be nice from the self proclaimed smartest human on the planet
G-d he's boring
And he can't stop himself from responding, dumb and easy
CHT, what is your opinion of doing away with the debt limit?
Pres Obama took it 23 trillion, it truly became meaningless.
CHT, what is your opinion of doing away with the debt limit?
Pres Obama took it 23 trillion, it truly became meaningless.
The Coldheartedtruth is not
Trump Derangement Syndrome!!!
Its Trumpism squared in your mind. You never ever said that he's lied, or anything else. He's obviously compulsive and hates the Black President Barack Hussein Obama. You ignore anything and everything else.
You cannot do anything that is contrary to what he does. You have lost the ability to me the real analysis. I don't know why but it's gone my friend and I miss it. We used to get along now you're so obsessed with loving the president and anything that's contrary to that is this a trump Obsession to you it's not. It is a fear for my country not for the hatred of Donald f****** J Trump. Grow up Scott again if you can if it's not lost forever age is getting to you very very early. Good God
Governor Scott is doing an excellent job.
"It is a fear for my country not for the hatred of Donald f****** J Trump. Grow up Scott again if you can if it's not lost forever age is getting to you very very early. Good God"
Thar he blows!!!!!
LOL.
He's obviously compulsive and hates the Black President Barack Hussein Obama
What? Were is that from other than a bizarre mind?
Get help, Roger
You need it
Yesterday I had to educate opie how to live debt free.
Lesson one; use cash
Lesson two; use debit card
No loans. Period.
Yes Gov Scott is, calm voice and clear leadership.
Ette look at the emotional meltdown Alky is again having . LORDIE.
Roger stop being such a prick.
What you have ignored, is that I praised the President in his bipartisan coalition with Pelosi and Schumer. If I had the syndrome you accuse me of an obsessive hatred of the President.
As usual the usual suspects have nothing to contribute. Fucking idiots ignore reality.
This not fake news, explains how and why he shocked the Republicans.
President Donald Trump is adopting a new approach to governing after a rocky start to his term.
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https://finance.yahoo.com/news/finally-dawned-trump-much-people-164100778.html
One adviser told Axios' Mike Allen that after seven months in office, the president finally realized, "people really f---ing hate me."
Trump's decision this week to work with House minority leader, Nancy Pelosi, and Senate minority leader, Chuck Schumer, may signal that he's open to pivoting to a different strategy after hovering at record low levels of popularity during his first seven months in office: working across the aisle.
Earlier this week, Trump sided with congressional Democrats to bundle Hurricane Harvey relief funds, a three-month debt-limit increase, and a three-month continuing resolution to keep the government funded. The decision pitted Trump against leaders of his own party who wanted a longer extension on the debt ceiling.
House Speaker Paul Ryan had hours earlier called a three-month debt-limit increase "ridiculous" and said Democrats were trying to "play politics" by suggesting tying in aid for Harvey relief.
As the leaders appeared ready to agree to disagree, Trump reportedly interjected and said the group should go with a three-month debt-limit extension and a three-month continuing resolution.
One senior administration official told Axios that Trump's deal with the Democrats had come because "he just wanted to do something popular." The president, famed for his focus on the way he's perceived in the media, reportedly basked in the praise he received from "Morning Joe" after the deal was struck.
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I made it clear that I actually agreed with the President. You have never really addressed it. Why did you just again, not comment good or bad.
"Being active in addiction ingrains many negative trains of thought, attitudes, feelings and actions. Simply removing alcohol or drugs without changing these underlying factors is likely to produce ‘dry drunk syndrome’.
Dry drunk is a slang expression infamously known in the sober community. It describes a person who no longer drinks or abuses drugs, but continues to behave in dysfunctional ways."
"I personally never supported an unfettered raising of the debt limit for 18 months... period. Mine is the actually the fiscal conservative viewpoint on this, supported by the type of conservatives I tend to read and listen to" - CH
As usual alky alky alky alky alky alky
You can't address my post. You aren't able to do so.
As to the workout, I'm the BEAST.
Hey CH!
Can you please tell the drunkard something else you don't like about Trump?
He's on his third friggin day with his little hissy fits.
He's nuts.
I have addressed that too. Self honestly is a major step. I have not skipped a single step. Your assumptions about that, are as usual, are all you can do. You didn't address the post, you probably didn't even read it. You just shout alky alky alky alky alky alky alky alky alky alky alky alky alky alky alky alky alky alky alky alky alky alky alky alky alky
You are obsessed with me.
"You are obsessed with me."
You're like a fucking train wreck.
It's hard to imagine someone so screwed up.
Roger, please let us Know the exact time and date you change from calling "45" a Nazi and "not my President to
" I actually agree with the President"
The Home Depot helping people rebuild in Texas and Louisiana, and soon Florida and other Irma effected States.
Great job.
Last week the stock climbed $10 a share. So cool for my family.
"Get help, Roger
You need it"
You got that right.
The alcohol he bragged about on yohoo Soars board, cost him a marriage, his health and based on his posts about his finances a "million dollar profit".
Roger, I tricked you into telling us more details about that sale. It was easy, you love to talk about yourself so much, your problems were two fold. 1, you such at math
2, you could not remember you past posts, your story kept changing.
No amount of trolling by mutt Opie can save you from you.
Roger;
1, you suck at math
Confused McCain, let me help you. When your vote killed the repeal of ObamaCare and your grand standing with the "thumbs down" on the floor of the US Senate.
Last week the stock climbed $10 a share. So cool for my family.
Imagine if you really had any.....Bragging again reveals a shallow mind, envious of others wealth.....sad...
No amount of trolling by mutt Opie can save you from you
Wow stumpy....if you are wondering how many fucks I give about your stupid life......the answer is less than one....LOLOLOL
Blogger KD said...
Yesterday I had to educate opie how to live debt free.
Sure asshole...like you never used a loan.....LIAR!!!!! I bought and own my house while yours was given to you. Be proud, douche, you did nothing but leech off of others...You sure showed me. LOLOLOLOLOL
Try something original, fatty
I love it when you insult me. It makes everyone realize what a naive simpleton you really are. Be proud, Idiot...Rent is beyond your meager means......LOL
Roger - You cannot possibly be both an admirer of what Trump did in this deal, and say that McCain's criticism of the deal is "correct". But the reality is that you simply embrace any and all criticism of Trump (even when you have made the same argument that Trump is being criticized for).
In terms of ignoring lies... there are political lies that "don't matter" and political lies that "do matter". Tweeting about a inauguration crowd size is silly, immature, and silly (yes I repeated the word). But it's not very important in the grand scheme of things.
Lying about why Americans died in Benghazi, or lying about what you are pushing in legislation (you can keep your Ins, doctor, save $2400/year, etc)... are incredibly important in tangible terms.
Or lying about why you hid 30,000 emails, used a private server, or flat out lied about what an FBI director said about you... is also incredibly important.
As a matter of fundamental hypocrisy, your infatuation with double fact checking things like Trump's grammar, or taking technically true statements and demanding them fake... is funny stuff... for someone who accepted everything Obama told him (even when it was an obvious lie) and openly supported probably the most dishonest politician (H.R.C.) of our Generation.
Do I think Trump distorts the truth, exaggerates most everything, and in some cases flat out lies? As my dad would ask... do bears shit in the woods? Do I wish he didn't any of that? Sure... but give me a President (or mainstream politician) who isn't full of shit.
It would be news and worthy of my time posting if Trump suddenly because the guy who always told the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. But it's not worth my time to post about every tweet or rally speech where he says something that isn't 100% accurate.
That was your gig over on the legacy blog... you saw how interested people are in reading that day after day.
I'll give you a hint, Roger...
Hold yourself to your own standards. Here are a couple of examples:
You (and your ilk) continue to argue that uncertainty about whether or not insurance companies will continue to receive subsidies is the sole reason why the rates have been rising. You flat out blame Trump.
You have to obviously know that this argument is a flat out lie.
- first: they were rising by the same rates back when Obama was giving the subsidies
- second: it cannot possibly be Trump's fault, because the courts (ultimately) have ruled that there is no Presidential authority to provide them. Those subsidies were not written into the law.
Yet you will continue to make the same argument over and over... knowing full well it's not accurate. A total scam.
You (and your ilk) continue to demand that Trump is somehow overturning some "law" in regards to DACA. You demand that it's unfair, and some argue it's actually illegal (there are people going to court over it).
Yet this argument is B.S. because:
- First. Same sort of legislation was determined to be outside of the President's authority (by a multi-judge circuit court) because prosecutorial discretion does not include providing a status to an illegal immigrant. If it is illegal in that case, it's also illegal in this case. The states did not sue (until recently) because they were not sure if they had to. But when they did, Trump's hand was forced (as it DACA would almost certainly gone down to the same fate).
I read an article by Eric Holder who stated Trump was wrong, because DACA was a matter of prosecutorial discretion. He (former AG) made a legal argument in a opinion article published nationally, without ever offering the fact that this very argument was rejected by a District Judge and Circuit court panel. How honest is that, Roger? And guess what... that matters.
- Second: Most importantly, this is exactly the downfall of a President attempting to legislate via executive order. He cannot possibly promise what he is doing will be upheld by future Presidents. Even if Trump continued the policy, the next President could have told his AG to prosecute and deport, because there is no legal precedent (or law) demanding otherwise.
The lie (really in this case) was Obama suggesting that he could make a law, promise these 700K that they could be given green cards, etc... when he knew himself (plenty of quotes to this) that he didn't have the authority and it would likely be shot down in Court... and he also had to know that if Clinton didn't win the 2016, that the GOP President was not likely to uphold it.
The dishonesty... is 100% on your side. Yet you allow and embrace the dishonestly because you think there is some underlying "bigger cause" that justifies the dishonesty.
But you have a problem with tweets about crowd sizes?
Fatty always remember you are the liar
Always have been and always will be
You lie toad,
Make sure you get the last word, fatboy
Anonymous Caliphate4vr said...
Fatty always remember you are the liar
Wow, that the best you got, mate??? Yep!!!! Your originality is as almost as good as loretta the skank.....Keep selling, the trade of losers like you. LOLOLOLOL Go hootch a mate, something you do well.
Anonymous Caliphate4vr said..
I'm a loooooser!!!!!
You have to obviously know that this argument is a flat out lie.
Your premise is BS and rogers point is valid, but not the only reason.....Glad to see you are now the insurance expert, another category of genius I did not realize you possessed. The Daca just shows your bias and dislike of immigrants. Can't fix such egregious views......sad how the mighty have fallen....
Did you wipe out Cracker Barrell, tonight fatty?
That Sunday Senior special probably had you waddling in since yesterday!
I'm at the Elks club. No one hates me here.:-) :-) :-) :-) :-)
Trump didn't over turn a law. But Reagan and Bush did similar orders.
No problem for you!.
You are not objective any more. #sad
But you have a problem with tweets about crowd sizes?
That was the first of hundreds of lies. You have no problems with them?
I'm at the Elks club. No one hates me here.:-) :-) :-) :-) :-)
Say hi, to the other 2 people there
There were about 150 people were there. I'm watching the football game. I will devastate the host later. Trumpism stage four closed the formerly analytical ability.
To understand those on the left, all one needs to understand they were 99 % sure President Sir Hillary was a reality.
Until, it wasn't. Period.
Watching something called a Hb twist is fun to watch.
He is attempting to live with his words, a failed, incompetent,ignorant,stupid,mosyognist, homophobic ......... ect
And his budding bro-ancestors with 45.
His bro - mance with 45
"Headed right for Orlando" HB
That is horrid news.
Upon further review, we aren't as far apart from each other as I assumed.
ObamaCare has serious flaws. But it is a good start. They are subsidised, but unless I am mistaken, the states, if they were going to use Medicare, that would've covered more people at a lower cost.
The court challenge is irrelevant now. Not only that, is being certain that it would have been overturned, but likely.
"and he also had to know that if Clinton didn't win the 2016, that the GOP President was not likely to uphold it. "
Well, even more, the President knows that if he expelled 700,000, productive young people, the political price would've been overwhelming.
You in another post, you finally found that Trump's lies are disturbing. You also brought up the email issue in regards to Clinton, she didn't win. Benghazi was eventually not a big scam as they tried to blow up. Irrelevant IMO.
Lies?
Got room for a modest but substantial list? :-) :-)
Wiretapped the Gold Tower? The meeting with the Russians, first time adoption, then the President knew about it and wrote the infamous note. Then, the Russians had dirt on Clinton. The list goes on and on and on...
He's a mess. But even that being true, if he listens to McCain and others to go to bipartisanship, he may actually be a success.
As to 100%, your acceptance of the huge number of lies? It will both ways
The Daca just shows your bias and dislike of immigrants.
So I suppose the Judges that ruled against the executive order were all just racists who don't like immigrants?
I am married to an immigrant you fcking moron.
if he listens to McCain
McCain voted "against" the bipartisan agreement, Roger.
The meeting with the Russians,
Let's be clear here Roger... I pay no attention to the Russian investigation anymore. Not only is 80% of what is being reported, just nonsense spewed by fake journalists... it's completely irrelevant to anything that matters to me.
"You (and your ilk) continue to argue that uncertainty about whether or not insurance companies will continue to receive subsidies is the sole reason why the rates have been rising. You flat out blame Trump.
You have to obviously know that this argument is a flat out lie.
- first: they were rising by the same rates back when Obama was giving the subsidies
- second: it cannot possibly be Trump's fault, because the courts (ultimately) have ruled that there is no Presidential authority to provide them. Those subsidies were not written into the law.
Yet you will continue to make the same argument over and over... knowing full well it's not accurate. A total scam."
A total scam? Have another Bud.
Trump decision looms on crucial Obamacare payments
By PAUL DEMKO 07/31/2017 03:16 PM EDT
President Donald Trump at any time could make good on a threat to scrap crucial Obamacare payments to insurers — a decision that could raise Obamacare customers’ costs and potentially leave tens of thousands more without any coverage options next year.
While the Obamacare repeal effort has faltered in Congress, Trump has the unilateral power to abolish the payments, worth about $7 billion this year, as he has repeatedly threatened to do. His warnings have escalated since the implosion of the Senate's Obamacare repeal effort last week.
I'm married to a legal immigrant myself. Opie was wrong. Be careful, or we will both smack you.
CH is not a racist. Others here are, but not him. But he does have Trumpism :-) :-)! Unbelievable that my sense of humor is not an alk! Unbelievable that Loretta will explode!
What's the PM at the top of my posts? Not visible to?? Cowardice???
"Unbelievable that Loretta will explode!"
The only one who can't control their emotions is you. You've never been able to control yourself, hence the demise of the legacy blog.
"What's the PM at the top of my posts? Not visible to?? Cowardice???"
Still seeing pink elephants...
It is on the CH posts too.
Get of the vodka, it explains your arguments. #Deranged
LOL. It's on CH's posts too.
And yet YOU overreact with...
"Not visible to?? Cowardice???"
Is alky freaking out over the "PM" as in the time stamp?????
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dGGIRDYGjwY
Hurricane Irma live.
"Is alky freaking out over the "PM" as in the time stamp?????"
He's nuts.
for some strange and obviously ray-ciss reason the media has decided to focus on the african american community as it reports on the looting during irma:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4870676/Eight-looters-broke-Fort-Lauderdale-clothing-retailer.html
"for some strange and obviously ray-ciss reason the media has decided to focus on the african american community as it reports on the looting during irma:"
Hood rats are the same everywhere.
i can only imagine the remarkable level of courage and bravery it took to save the latest version of air jordan's from being swept out to sea.
the work boots however, were not so fortunate.
'sniff'
Portland police will no longer maintain a database of suspected gang members, due to concerns that the vast majority of people with the gang label are racial minorities.
[...]
City officials and community activists had long urged the bureau to stop attaching the gang designation to criminal suspects, claiming the practice disproportionately impacted people of color. A review of police data by The Oregonian last year found that 81 percent of the “criminal gang affiliates” in Portland’s database were racial or ethnic minorities.
http://dailycaller.com/2017/09/10/portland-police-are-purging-their-gang-database-because-there-arent-enough-white-gangs/
never forgive, never forget
Why keep borrowing and spending when there is a debt limit? It's a reasonable question. Just as reasonable, why have a debt limit at all if you're going to raise it every few months, or automatically? It's turned into a political game, which one side or another uses for leverage against everyone else.
Congress needs to repeal the debt limit entirely, or else rework it to the point that the budget is funded.
Wp, you almost quoted 45, he would get rid of it.
Why keep borrowing and spending when there is a debt limit? It's a reasonable question. Just as reasonable, why have a debt limit at all if you're going to raise it every few months, or automatically? It's turned into a political game, which one side or another uses for leverage against everyone else.
Exactly... it's not a matter of policy principle. If it was, then the two sides would not simply change their minds on the issue when you replace a Democratic President/Congress with a Republican President/Congress.
I agree with those fiscal conservatives who believe that the debt limit is designed to reign in spending, and that just raising it for the sake of raising it... is a cop out.
Jim Jordan talked about just that on Sunday. That his caucus would like to see any rise in the debt limit attached to a spending limit of some percentage of GDP. So that the only time the debt limit is raised is when the GDP increases, and then only by the same specific amount that GDP rises.
Seems reasonable to me.
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