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Nearly Half of Americans Say We Should Not Raise the Debt Ceiling
Breitbart ^ | 05/10/2023 | JOHN CARNEY

Posted on 05/10/2023 9:09:47 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

Americans are deeply divided when it comes to the debt ceiling.

While politicians in Washington, D.C. meet in hopes of reaching an agreement that would allow the federal government to take on debt above the current statutory limit, nearly half of Americans say the cap should be left in place, according to a Wall Street Journal poll released Wednesday.

The poll found that 45 percent of respondents said they did not favor Congress lifting the debt ceiling. Forty-four percent favor lifting it.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: americans; ceiling; debt; raise
The other half is retarded
1 posted on 05/10/2023 9:09:47 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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Hey!

Ya gotta understand!

Congresscritters got a wholebunchalotta pay-outs to deliver


2 posted on 05/10/2023 9:14:02 AM PDT by Roccus (Veritas, non verba magistri)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

No worry. Our children and grandchildren will have to pay the debt or at least pay the carrying cost of the debt which will soon dominate the budget.


3 posted on 05/10/2023 9:14:58 AM PDT by ActresponsiblyinVA
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To: ChicagoConservative27
That's the sane half that knows where socialism leads too.

The other less than half dumbasses are out there pissin' and moanin' about slavery in this country 300 years ago and are now prepared to accept the communist version of slavery and give it a spin. Morons.

4 posted on 05/10/2023 9:15:29 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Since O'Bama was ruling the roost, America has gone from melting pot to septic tank of the world.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27
Nearly Half of Americans Say We Should Not Raise the Debt Ceiling

"Nearly" half? Wow, that's too small.

Hopefully the WSJ poll is bogus.

5 posted on 05/10/2023 9:25:46 AM PDT by FreeReign
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To: ChicagoConservative27

The other half is retarded

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Unfortunately, “the retarded” can vote. If the Dems have enough of these people in the right locations, they can effectively make the Debt Ceiling a quaint little thing of the past.


6 posted on 05/10/2023 9:27:16 AM PDT by Bishop_Malachi (Liberal Socialism - A philosophy which advocates spreading a low standard of living equally.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Spending other people’s money is more addictive than heroin.
Congress critters are addicted to it, with no desire to seek help.


7 posted on 05/10/2023 9:37:33 AM PDT by entropy12 (Food is most popular anxiety drug, exercise is the least popular.)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

That half loves free money from the government.


8 posted on 05/10/2023 9:38:32 AM PDT by entropy12 (Food is most popular anxiety drug, exercise is the least popular.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

“when the US Treasury called the fourth bond on April 15, 1934, it defaulted on this term by refusing to redeem the bond in gold, and neither did it account for the devaluation of the dollar from $20.67 per troy ounce of gold (the 1918 standard of value) to $35 per ounce. The 21 million bond holders therefore lost 139 million troy ounces of gold, or approximately 41% of the bond’s principal”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberty_bond


9 posted on 05/10/2023 9:40:28 AM PDT by Brian Griffin
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Awww they don’t want to stick it to genZ?


10 posted on 05/10/2023 9:49:54 AM PDT by Irenic
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To: ChicagoConservative27

The other half are brainwashed.


11 posted on 05/10/2023 10:02:06 AM PDT by bray (Dr Fauxi killed millions)
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To: ChicagoConservative27; All
"Nearly Half of Americans Say We Should Not Raise the Debt Ceiling"

ALL Americans need to wise up to the major constitutional scandal that the debt ceiling is based mostly on unconstitutional, unaccountable federal taxing and spending by the very corrupt, constitutionally undefined political parties imo.

The definition of insanity is reelecting your beloved career state and federal lawmakers and executives over and over again, expecting different results every time.

12 posted on 05/10/2023 10:38:50 AM PDT by Amendment10
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I wish I could call my bank, credit card company, etc., and tell them I won’t be able to pay my bills unless they raise my credit limit. But I have a feeling it wouldn’t work out so well.


13 posted on 05/10/2023 11:42:28 AM PDT by unlearner (RIP America. July 4, 1776 - December 13, 2022. )
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