Posted on 10/15/2013 8:04:05 PM PDT by Tailgunner Joe
WASHINGTON DC (KDKA) — Frustration seems to be more common in Washington than the ability to reach a bipartisan deal across party lines.
Pennsylvania’s senior senator, a Democrat, knows who he blames.
“The Tea Party caused this shutdown, and if we allow it to continue, we’re going to have a Tea Party default and that’s not good for anyone,” says Sen. Bob Casey.
Sen. Casey says ultraconservatives in the House are so fixated on repealing or changing Obamacare that they are willing to risk the nation’s economic health.
“If they keep throwing out the ideas they’ve been talking about that will prevent the kind of consensus that I believe is already there throughout the country and here, Democrats, Republicans and Independents coming together, but the Tea Party insisting on, kind of, ideological demands,” Sen. Casey said.
Pennsylvania’s junior senator, Pat Toomey, says he disagrees with the tactics of his House colleagues.
“I never subscribed to the theory that we ought to make funding of the government contingent on defunding Obamacare or repealing Obamacare,” he said. “As much as I strongly oppose Obamacare, it never occurred to me that the President would sign a bill that would repeal what he thinks is his signature accomplishment. So, that was never a good strategy in my view.”
But Sen. Toomey says that President Obama and the Democrats bare a lot of responsibility, too.
“I think it was a big mistake for the President to refuse to negotiate, to insist in fact and to declare that he would not negotiate,” Sen. Toomey said.
With the clock ticking and no final resolution in sight, the frustration level is clearing rising, not just in Washington DC but with people all across the nation including here in Pittsburgh.
Toomey found a new rat to jump into bed with? Did Manchin smell?
Why can’t you just hang tough and stand firm?
The Social Security and Medicare trust funds are flat broke. They have more outlays than receipts.
The US is about to spiral into a deflation depression. Massive deficit spending (debt-money creation) is the only thing that has pretended to keep us out of it thus far. The Federal government relies on taking excess receipts from trust funds and purchasing US Treasury securities with them. That option does not exist anymore until a new HUGE "trust" fund is created. That's what the ACA is all about.
In other words, the Senators know full well that we face economic ruin very soon if ObamaCare is not pushed forward. They know that they can't negotiate out. Our nation of debt addicts has run out of time.
Screw them both! I remember when Toomey had me fooled. If nothing else, this is exposing the posers who tried to latch on to the “teaparty.”
Defaulting on the debt would be better than the hyper inflation that will surely come from printing 80 billion dollars every month. Devalued currency hurts the people with higher prices while default hurts the governments ability to borrow more money. Shut it down.
That's the naked truth. Although I think that Obama and the Corruptocrats bear ALL the responsibility.
The tea party is “willing to risk the nations economic health.”
That is hilarious. This country is dying a slow death and they’re blaming the tea party? HAHAHAHAHA!
These politicians are very very evil people.
Both would make the dollar worthless and a worthless dollar will not buy much. Imagine $50.00/gal gasoline.
So how do evil people get there. From poor nominations and elections ad nauseum, with no end in sight
Pennsylvania’s junior senator, Pat Toomey, says he disagrees with the tactics of his House colleagues.
Yep...he sure liked the Tea Party's *tactics* when he was running for office. Poser is right. POS poser.
The only thing I learned from the article is that CBS can't even afford editors any more.
He has it wrong. It’s Obamacare itself that is the risk - and death knell - to the country’s financial health. Why they can’t see it, I’ll never understand.
Ahh. The Good Old Days of Wiemar Germany. These people never cease to amaze do they.
Bingo
They’re just scared because we’re doing fine w/o their federal goobermint.
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“Those crazy anti-slavery Republicans! We Whigs and Democrats will not allow their obstruction!”
How they sound to a debt-slave...
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