My POSITION on raising the debt ceiling --The debt ceiling must not be raised. Government should immediately stop deficit spending.
Would you support raising the debt ceiling IF a repeal of ObamaCare is attached to the bill? --No
Would you support raising the debt ceiling IF specific reductions and caps in spending are either already in place or attached to the bill? --No
which is precisely why I was shocked to hear him say what he did this morning... The ONLY reason he beat Allen Boyd was because WE the people for FL-District 2 believed that HE would be the ONE to toe the line on out of control spending.. and how to see him back pedal after being in Washington for 2 MONTHS ! I expected him to last at least 2 years... I don’t think we lost him yet.. but he does need to hear from us.
Basically there are a couple options:
1. Refuse to raise the ceiling and have a majority agree. Nation defaults. Resulting catastrophe makes this recession and even the Great Depression itself look like the roaring twenties. Riots ensue and pretty soon, we look like Somalia or Sarajevo all over the country. By the time my toddler son is a grandfather, we *might* have a strong economy again. As a side note, upset country votes in a bunch of socialists next time and all is lost.
My analogy is this...you like a girl and want to date her. The above option is basically this; Instead of wining and dining that lady, you went straight for grabbing her butt, and now she won’t even talk to you anymore.
2. Vote no - but - get outvoted, ceiling is raised, but you maintain your principles, and have success in spending cuts to avoid future increases.
3. Agree to raise debt cieling but require a proportional amount of spending cuts to do it and stick to that plan. Keep this up and in a few years, we’ll be doing quite well. Still some pain, yes, but we survive.