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White House, Republicans Strike Tenative Deal To Raise Debt Ceiling
ABCNews ^ | July 30, 2011 | Jonathon Karl

Posted on 07/30/2011 8:21:33 PM PDT by Beaten Valve

ABC News has learned that Republicans and the White House have struck a tenative deal to raise the debt ceiling before the Aug. 2 deadline.

It's not done yet, but here is the framework of the tentative deal they have worked out, according to a source familiar with the negotiations:

(Excerpt) Read more at blogs.abcnews.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; US: District of Columbia
KEYWORDS: debtdeal; debtdealcavein; debtdealshowdown; debtgraphics; deficit; deficitgraphics; democrats; republicans; taxes; whitehouse
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To: BigSkyFreeper
An increase in the debt ceiling means more spending and more taxes. This isn’t a victory for Conservatism, this is a victory for big government establishment types.

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Clearly, you cannot cut government by giving it more ability to borrow and spend. I don't think it is possible for this country to have a more sorry bunch of losers running the show.

Again, cut, cut, cut.

 An arrogant Marxist was spending
 Trillions of bucks without comprehending.
 The piss-stream media concurred
 Without saying a negative word
 For the Republic they thought was ending.

Mitch-Peas3
Reid says his 'politics as usual' bill will help the nation... steer for the cliff!   /sarc


381 posted on 07/31/2011 12:08:01 AM PDT by BobP (The piss-stream media - Never to be watched again in my house)
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To: EternalVigilance

‘You’re really desperate, aren’t you.’

Criticism from a political Eunuch — what a laugh.


382 posted on 07/31/2011 12:08:27 AM PDT by Lucius Cornelius Sulla (Liberty and Union, Now and Forever, One and Inseparable -- Daniel Webster)
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To: Recovering Ex-hippie

“don’t like the medicare cuts only because the Dems will use this in the election, but then, the Dems own this too.”

We’ve GOT to start running commercials (and often) like the Dems and AARP ad propaganda regarding Medicare cuts. All we have to do is tell the public (most of whom aren’t aware, I assure you) that Obamacare will cut $500B from Medicare benefits, drive current and future doctors from the profession, and force rationing of care, even denial of many (currently available) procedures for the elderly starting in 2013.

We need to wake them up to just how scary the truth of this law is before it’s too late. That alone would be a real game-changer in the election (even younger voters care about their parents and grandparents).


383 posted on 07/31/2011 12:11:37 AM PDT by llandres (Forget the "New America" - restore the original one!!)
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To: Lucius Cornelius Sulla

Says a guy defending sellout Congressmen who don’t have a pair between them.


384 posted on 07/31/2011 12:14:17 AM PDT by EternalVigilance (They've swindled every penny out of the living, so now they've moved on to looting posterity.)
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To: Go Gordon

Your analogy is flawed because with the banking regulations set forth in this country, the bank can say you’re crazy for asking for a loan you won’t be able to pay back. Even though they know you might be a credit risk because they’re able to look at your credit history. They can’t turn you down because the federal government and it’s asinine banking laws says so.


385 posted on 07/31/2011 12:19:10 AM PDT by BigSkyFreeper (You have entered an invalid birthday)
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To: wolfman23601

“Guarantee BBA goes to the states or no debt ceiling increase.”

Constitution says an amendment has to first be voted on and passed by 2/3 of congress (both houses, I believe), then go to the states and be passed.

But don’t think the voters won’t be watching how these politicians vote on it. All the House and over a third of the Senate have to get re-elected next year, so the BBA has an excellent chance of passing. The states, for obvious reasons, should be a sure thing. The people WANT this.


386 posted on 07/31/2011 12:22:36 AM PDT by llandres (Forget the "New America" - restore the original one!!)
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To: All
They just don't get it.

What about that is rocket science?

387 posted on 07/31/2011 12:22:46 AM PDT by Art in Idaho (Conservatism is the only hope for Western Civilization.)
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To: DestroyLiberalism

“So why should no tax increase on this supposed agreement be considered some sort of victory for our side or America?”

Because BHO himself wanted tax increases so badly. He pushed it daily in his lectures (I mean speeches :-)

Hey, nobody said he lives in reality. He just wanted what he wanted - and that also included NO CUTS. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz said it herself. And THAT little soundbite should be used as often as possible in Republican campaigns.


388 posted on 07/31/2011 12:28:37 AM PDT by llandres (Forget the "New America" - restore the original one!!)
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To: EternalVigilance

“I pick elections. Do what you want with violence and murder.”

He used a similar dopey argument like this against me, EV.


389 posted on 07/31/2011 12:29:40 AM PDT by Qbert ("The best defense against usurpatory government is an assertive citizenry" - William F. Buckley, Jr.)
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To: EternalVigilance

I have been defending being concerned about elections. All politicians are the natural enemy of a free people, and can never be trusted. It is necessary to have their gonads in your hands at all times to keep them in line.


390 posted on 07/31/2011 12:29:46 AM PDT by Lucius Cornelius Sulla (Liberty and Union, Now and Forever, One and Inseparable -- Daniel Webster)
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To: Qbert

Just laugh at him.


391 posted on 07/31/2011 12:32:06 AM PDT by EternalVigilance (They've swindled every penny out of the living, so now they've moved on to looting posterity.)
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To: EternalVigilance

Oh, I have been laughing. :-)


392 posted on 07/31/2011 12:33:50 AM PDT by Qbert ("The best defense against usurpatory government is an assertive citizenry" - William F. Buckley, Jr.)
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To: Qbert; EternalVigilance

‘He used a similar dopey argument like this against me, EV.’

It is not nice to lie about what I said on the same page on the same thread. See my posts, quoted by you in #307 and posted by me in #327. As anyone who can read can easily see, it is not similar to my posts to EV. Try again, sucker.


393 posted on 07/31/2011 12:38:31 AM PDT by Lucius Cornelius Sulla (Liberty and Union, Now and Forever, One and Inseparable -- Daniel Webster)
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To: jeltz25

No tax increase is a big deal because it was a trap. If the republicans fell for the “balanced approach” and “shared sacrifice” b.s. the base would have stayed home in 2012. Further, all the tea party voters would turn on the congressmen they got elected.

The rinos are dumb enough to have fallen for it. The tea party cabal saved the establishment’s rear end by holding the line on this.


394 posted on 07/31/2011 12:44:54 AM PDT by laxcoach (Government is greedy. Taxpayers who want their own money are not greedy.)
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To: Lucius Cornelius Sulla; EternalVigilance

“It is not nice to lie about what I said on the same page on the same thread. See my posts, quoted by you in #307 and posted by me in #327. As anyone who can read can easily see, it is not similar to my posts to EV. Try again, sucker.”

I said in an earlier comment that if there weren’t any real cuts in the near-term that the plan was useless. Then, in a bizarre argument relying solely upon hyperbole (much in the same manner of accusing EV of wanting “violence” for disagreeing with you), you accused me of supporting massive tax increases. (Comment 270). Give it up already.


395 posted on 07/31/2011 12:50:35 AM PDT by Qbert ("The best defense against usurpatory government is an assertive citizenry" - William F. Buckley, Jr.)
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To: Qbert

New tagline ...

Good night.


396 posted on 07/31/2011 12:51:15 AM PDT by EternalVigilance (The only thing still propping up the GOP is the dwindling illusion that it's at all conservative.)
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To: llandres
I like your idea.

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Lets just do nothing; things'll just work themselves out...

397 posted on 07/31/2011 12:54:23 AM PDT by raygun (http://bastiat.org/en/the_law DOT html)
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To: Beaten Valve

according to the link we got screwed again.


398 posted on 07/31/2011 12:55:30 AM PDT by SUSSA
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To: Qbert

Since you don’t seem to know that the President has been pressing for large tax increases even up to today, and that was the alternative to the current proposal, there is no point in discussion with someone who refuses to see the real world.


399 posted on 07/31/2011 1:05:24 AM PDT by Lucius Cornelius Sulla (Liberty and Union, Now and Forever, One and Inseparable -- Daniel Webster)
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To: Clairity; Beaten Valve
From the brilliant but scary article you cited:

"even if spending was $2 trillion less than that now scheduled in the “baseline,” as proposed this week by Republican House Speaker John Boehner, it would still total $43.8 trillion, or 55% above last decade’s spending level. Since Senate Democrats vow to veto Boehner’s plan, spending will rise by at least 50% in the coming decade."

That is the truth of it. There are no cuts. They are looking for a political solution. None of what they have been doing for the past week is an actual solution, especially without entitlements and Obamacare on the table.

Even the Ryan plan spends more money.

Rand Paul's Penny Plan is the only thing out there that decreases the deficit. They are solving the wrong problem, as usual.

400 posted on 07/31/2011 1:07:21 AM PDT by athelass (Proud Mom of a Sailor & 2 Marines! Not raising the debt ceiling is an automatic spending cut.)
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