“Guys we only have 1/3 of the Govmt controls”
We had our hand on the f****** off switch.
IF WE DID NOTHING WE WOULD HAVE WON.
No bill = shutdown = austerity spending = exactly what we wanted.
The deficit would have been eliminated with no effort.
Default would be averted because enough money comes in to write the important checks, which go out automatically as is.
The resulting resulting surplus (!) would have started well on paying off the debt.
We gave them a CC&B bill which lacked only 4 votes in the Senate.
They tabled it without a glance.
We should have sent it back, over and over, saying
“Pass this bill or we shut this place down. Either choice is fine by us.”
Skirmish? 1/3rd control? BS. We had the nuclear option, and decided to do a million troop land invasion instead.
We could have won by doing exactly nothing.
Instead, our leaders gave them exactly what they wanted: the biggest debt ceiling hike in history, and $26T in spending increases for a decade.
WTF?
I totally agree with you on the same point> Should have stuck with CC&B and meant it!!! I kept saying that it was a poker game and Boehner BLINKED! Damn them all.
The reason the liberals gain is because they continue on unfazed for years and years.
We usually form a circle and start firing at one another.
I believe it was a skirmish, the Tea Party movement will grow and that there are bigger battles ahead. We must have a long term mindset to ever win this war.
BUMP!
It doesn't seem like it would be that hard to bribe only 4 senators does it?