The 2011 budget isn’t that important. But it would be a mistake to cave in on the debt ceiling. They should link Paul Ryan 2012 budget and the debt ceiling together. If they give in on the debt ceiling, Ryan’s budget is toast. The debt ceiling is the ONLY card they have to play.
If they give in on the debt ceiling, Ryan’s budget is we are toast. There will be nothing to stop QE3.
“The 2011 budget isn’t that important. But it would be a mistake to cave in on the debt ceiling. They should link Paul Ryan 2012 budget and the debt ceiling together. If they give in on the debt ceiling, Ryan’s budget is toast. The debt ceiling is the ONLY card they have to play.”
—We’ve seen this movie too many times, I’m afraid. Whaddya wanna bet that there will be some new, last-minute orchestrated crisis or distraction right before the debt-ceiling vote? Wall Street is already warning of doomsday if Boehner and crew don’t cave, and the MSM of course will trot out more examples of “70,000 children perishing; 700,000 jobs lost, etc.”. All the Left has is fear-mongering, but the Repubs are too stupid to realize this and counter back with rationality.
The time to fight is right now. We may not win the battle, but at least we should be taking a big chunk out of our opponents- to weaken him even more for the next battle.
The Repubs are acting solely out of fear, and it is obvious to anyone who is honest. This will never go away on its own. Sooner or later, they will have to have the courage to ask that cheerleader to the prom dance, so to speak. It’s better to act now- who knows? Maybe she’ll say yes.