Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio): "short term fix"
Translation: "Please Fill-up *HIC* the Whiskey Tumbler...again."
Posted on 08/01/2013 10:20:30 AM PDT by BradtotheBone
SHUT IT DOWN!!!!!
I am fine with that. Bring it on.
Understand this, however. Shutting down the Federal government without a budget or Continuing Resolution introduces a massive political issue.
In fact, no checks, period.
No Medicare. No Food Stamp EBT cards reloaded. No SS Disability checks. No TANF welfare checks. Nothing.
The one they are afraid of the most, however, is stopping the Social Security checks. When the CR was not agreed to in 2011, even the Republicans offered Obama the option of funding two things: payment on debt and Social Security checks.
Personally, if they are not going to repeal Sequestration, not going to pass any of the Appropriations bills, and not going to pass a budget, I say stop the checks and let the chaos ensue.
For too long, the Entitlement crowd has sat back and laughed as they were completely exempt from Sequestration. The mocked the cuts that affected military families. They scoffed at defense contractors losing their jobs. They jumped for joy when DoD nurses at Walter Reed and other care facilities were screwed over. They mocked civilian maintainers when they furloughed, losing 20% of their paychecks.
I say let everyone jump into the pool.
Then maybe, just maybe, we will come to a political and economic realization that our long term debt and deficit problems are not caused by discretionary spending, but by Entitlements that the political class is too cowardly to reform.
Beginning to think I could do a better job. This is sickening.
Just say NO round heels.
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Exactly. But, of course, we know that a little tickle under the chin will have them giggling and saying “yes”.
Aack! Laura is a RINO, too? I did not know that. Had hopes for her commentary.
Let it shut down and see what really NEEDS money. It might be very enlightening.
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They would never do that because it makes too much sense.
Boner will probably call for a temporay CR until after the 2014 elections.
Shut it down now. Forever. Then leave us the hell alone.
To paraphrase Dean Wormer:
Mr. Speaker: Tan, drunk and stupid is no way to govern sir.
How disturbing. Here we go again. What the f is wrong with Bohner? to drunk? or to RINO and paid for?
I am not certain but I will settle for the House refusing to elect him speaker again. Ohio can have the representation that they deserve (vote for) but we certainly do not deserve boehner as leader in the House.
Absolutely.
LLS
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