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Here's Why Republicans Are Serious About a Default
THE STREET ^ | 1/14/2013 | Joe Deaux

Posted on 01/14/2013 8:51:05 PM PST by tentmaker

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This article is 100% Democratic talking point lies. It takes it for granted that if the debt limit is not lifted, there will automatically be a default and blames that on Republican politics. The Republicans need to get their heads into the game and stop allowing the Democrats to frame the issues in the media like this.

There will be no default on the debt no matter what happens. The issue is whether or not we will continue with unlimited borrowing or put a responsible limit on our debt and begin working to pay it down. The last downgrade to US credit was issued because there was no serious fix to the spending problem. If spending is not reduced now, there will be another downgrade that hurts our credit. President Obama and the Democrats are intent on pushing our debt as high as they can because it suits their political agenda of growing the size of government, in spite of the fact that it is dangerous to our economy. Any damage to the economy will be their fault, not the fault of the Republicans who are trying to fix the problem by reducing spending.

1 posted on 01/14/2013 8:51:11 PM PST by tentmaker
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To: tentmaker
Refusing to raise the Debt ceiling will not cause a default . . .

But, Repubics lack the courage to refuse to raise the the Debt Ceiling. Repubics love to spend money we don't have just as much as 0bamatrons.

2 posted on 01/14/2013 9:00:39 PM PST by YHAOS
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Here’s the bottom line — our current budget deficit of over a trillion dollars a year came as a result of making the crisis and stimulus spending we made in 2008 the BASELINE for current spending.

That yearly one trillion dollar deficit is the MAIN REASON why we have to continue borrowing money we don’t have.

Has anybody ever asked this question — HOW WERE WE ABLE TO PAY OUR DEBTS BEFORE 2008-2012 AT THE SAME TIME DEFEND THE COUNTRY, AND PAY FOR SOCIAL SECURITY, MEDICARE AND MEDICAID?

Simple, WE DID NOT SPEND AS MUCH MONEY AS WE ARE DOING NOW.

SOLUTION: GO BACK TO THE 2008 BUDGET and USE THAT AS THE BASELINE FOR ANY ENSUING BUDGET.

We have MORE THAN ENOUGH revenue to service our debts.


3 posted on 01/14/2013 9:01:57 PM PST by SeekAndFind
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Republicans ought to coalesce around the Connie Mack PENNY PLAN ( Supported by Senators Rand Paul, Marco Rubio and Pat Toomey ).

The Mack Penny Plan is simple — eliminate one penny out of every federal dollar spent.

Doing this would balance our budget by 2019 and restore economic freedom by reducing spending and bringing fiscal discipline to Washington.

The Penny Plan continues to gain support and now has 70 cosponsors in the House of Representatives, as well as support from key senators like Marco Rubio, Pat Toomey and Rand Paul. If America’s families can cut one penny, or more, out of every dollar in their budgets, so can Washington.

Here are a few questions about Mack’s plan:

• Does the math work — would it balance the budget in eight years?

• How would Mack get to that 1 percent cut each year — would it be across the board in every area, including Social Security and Medicare?

• Is it really gaining support? Or is it stalled?

Mack has a fact sheet that shows the numbers for H.R. 1848, the One Percent Spending Reduction Act.

Mack got the idea from the One Cent Solution. The founder, Bruce Cook, is a businessman from Georgia and a graduate of Harvard Business School.

The math works like this: For six years, the federal government would reduce spending by 1 percent each year. In the seventh year, funding would be capped at 18 percent of gross domestic product, which measures the size of the overall economy. By the eighth year, the plan would balance the budget and save $7.5 trillion over 10 years.

If Congress and the president couldn’t reach an agreement about what to cut, the plan would trigger automatic across-the-board spending cuts.

Mack’s website shows the 1 percent reduction each year:

FY 2012 – $3.382 trillion*, less 1 percent => $3.348 trillion cap
FY 2013 – $3.348 trillion, less 1 percentt = > $3.315 trillion cap
FY 2014 – $3.315 trillion, less 1 percent => $3.282 trillion cap
FY 2015 – $3.282 trillion, less 1 percent => $3.249 trillion cap
FY 2016 – $3.249 trillion, less 1 percent => $3.216 trillion cap
FY 2017 – $3.216 trillion, less 1 percent => $3.184 trillion cap

At the beginning of fiscal year 2018, it sets an overall spending cap of 18 percent of gross domestic product.

The Penny Plan sets a framework for reducing spending. It will be up to Congress and the president to work together to determine how best to achieve those spending reductions.

(BTW, Connie Mack LOST his Senate race in Florida in 2012).


4 posted on 01/14/2013 9:09:17 PM PST by SeekAndFind
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Here is the Bill that will help solve our spending ( and of course, our DEBT ) problem.

H.R.1848
Latest Title: One Percent Spending Reduction Act of 2011
Sponsor: Rep Mack, Connie [FL-14] (introduced 5/11/2011)      Cosponsors (70)
Related Bills: S.1316

Click here for the link.
5 posted on 01/14/2013 9:13:44 PM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: tentmaker

We’re not going to default.

The best that happens is we hold the line exactly where it’s at....for now.


6 posted on 01/14/2013 9:26:29 PM PST by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously, you won't live through it anyway)
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Yawn. This is one of the oldest tricks in the book. Whenever your local government wants to raise taxes it’s “for the children” or cops and firemen. The stuff no one but the people getting paid off it is never threaten. Only the stuff we’d miss most.

Defaulting on debt because of a debt ceiling would be like you buying a new car after you lose your job instead of paying off the kneebreaker you borrowed from.


7 posted on 01/14/2013 9:27:57 PM PST by Tublecane
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To: SeekAndFind

And we did it without a budget authorizing spending for the last three years....

Deem it so #1


8 posted on 01/14/2013 9:28:07 PM PST by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously, you won't live through it anyway)
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What a Lutz, this Joe deaux guy.

Obama already said the same. He got it out there that Repubs can’t be seen with him, the right wing media makes it impossible, leading us to infer such an appearance would hurt reelection chances for any R seen with him.

The good of their re-election, or the good of the country, he says? What a Lutz. The country is likely gone, and the R’s enabled it, plain and simple.


9 posted on 01/14/2013 9:31:58 PM PST by RitaOK ( VIVA CHRISTO REY / Public education is the farm team for more Marxists coming.)
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“There will be no default on the debt no matter what happens.”

Well, not no matter what. We have defaulted before. I’d say the likelihood is vanishingly small, and the debt ceiling and Pub politics wouldn’t have anything to do with it. Washingtonians will pick default over not being able to buy votes should they ever come to a head.


10 posted on 01/14/2013 9:32:30 PM PST by Tublecane
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We weren’t able to do it back then, either. The last time we had a balanced budget and no debt was when freakin’ Old Hickory was president. We are worse off for spending more now, but pre-2008 wasn’t the Golden Age. We were doomed then, too. It’s just that there’s less time before our souls come due now.


11 posted on 01/14/2013 9:37:14 PM PST by Tublecane
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How about our Mulatto maniac president presenting congress with a reasonable budget and working with Harry Reid on some real spending controls.Until then we have nothing to talk about Mr President because Congress holds the purse strings.

We are not your servants and you are not our king.

You work for us and your employment can be terminated at our whim.

12 posted on 01/14/2013 9:42:46 PM PST by Newbomb Turk (Disobedience to tyrants is obedience to god !)
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You work for us and your employment can be terminated at our whim.

Apparently not, judging by what happened a couple months ago. Tons of people were whimming all over the place, yet we're still stuck with the guy.

13 posted on 01/14/2013 10:40:12 PM PST by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: SeekAndFind

The majority of Americans think Republicans are a bunch of hypocrites and buffoons.

The Tea Party and the GOP are in a difficult negotiating position because of the terrible reputation they have among the American people. I read a recent poll that 65% of Americans have a negative view of the Tea Party. The GOP House only has about a 12% approval rating.

Also, they didn’t seem too interested in deficits during Bush.


14 posted on 01/14/2013 11:32:15 PM PST by Perkalong (GOP 2013 = Whigs 1856)
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To: tentmaker

We need to get the spending back to Pre-Obama levels.


15 posted on 01/15/2013 12:29:13 AM PST by joshua c (Please dont feed the liberals)
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To: tentmaker

If Americans go one week without their Social Security checks, EBT cards being recharged, or TANF ATM cards(direct welfare cash payments), then America will have one heck of an interesting conversation.

16 posted on 01/15/2013 3:44:06 AM PST by SkyPilot
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I read a great article by Sheriff Jim R. Schwiesow, Ret. written February 4, 2011 from "NewsWithViews.com" and here's part of it.
Read Compromise Is a Dirty Word for Club for Growth.

Take a good long look at where "Establishment Republicans" ALWAYS take us.




17 posted on 01/15/2013 3:50:05 AM PST by Yosemitest (It's Simple ! Fight, ... or Die !)
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[Obama] said they had the choice between acting responsibly and paying Congress' bills, or acting irresponsibly by allowing the economy to crash.

Acting responsibly means adjusting our expenditures to match our income, living within our means.

18 posted on 01/15/2013 3:51:18 AM PST by Petrosius
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To: SeekAndFind

Reduce spending by a penny per dollar? They won’t even stand for less increase in spending.


19 posted on 01/15/2013 3:58:52 AM PST by ctdonath2 (End of debate. Your move.)
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HOW WERE WE ABLE TO PAY OUR DEBTS BEFORE 2008-2012 AT THE SAME TIME DEFEND THE COUNTRY, AND PAY FOR SOCIAL SECURITY, MEDICARE AND MEDICAID?

We weren't. Not even close.

20 posted on 01/15/2013 4:09:17 AM PST by Darth Reardon
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