Posted on 02/08/2018 5:03:50 AM PST by Eric Pode of Croydon
Hate to say it, but we’ll likely lose in a shutdown for this reason. The public simply LOVES government spending and could care less about our debt.
The Senate needs to go to 51 votes on this stuff and be done with it.
Pull our gallant troops out of Afghanistan...That will save American lives and billions of dollars we don’t have.
(I read several years ago that the Afghani elite were buying condos and villas in Dubai, using our money allocated for nation building. What a disgrace, we have homeless children at home while our “allies” ride around in Ferrari’s..that US taxpayers paid for)....We have become a sad joke.
How about supporting our country and future generations? A military won’t mean a hill of beans if the nation goes bankrupt and Trump will be history in 7 years.
To date, we have not tried to win that war. We haven’t even defined what a win would look like.
If they tried to win, I’d give them 1 more year. If they’re not obviously close or finished, then I’m with you.
Sure would be nice if McConnell had some backbone and had a vote that removed Senator McCain because he's too ill to function in a rational way.
JMHO
So agree !! But it’s only play-money (sarc), well, sortof (not sarc).
Shut the place down! Seriously.
Shut the place down.
“Trump supports it”, What kind of game is that??
Mattis supports it? Well, of course. Why wouldn’t he!
We have to spend money on infrastructure and defense. To the extent we waive spending caps to get those things done, its a fact of life.
Not all deficit spending is bad. Its a question of what kind of deficit spending we should put up with.
RINO’s love big government and spending too.
Glad to see the Freedom Caucus standing up to the leadership and big government.
Trump is a RINO. QED
Agree. Thank G-d for the Freedom Caucus and Rand Paul. A shut down is better than this turd.
It is the only excuse for not taking the blame for doing nothing and they don't have to vote against anything. Never going to happen with Mitch as Majority Leader.
$30 Trillion in debt here we come. Winning!
...Rep. Mark Walker (R-N.C.), current RSC chairman, acknowledged in a tweet that the deal is "a struggle for any one with fiscal concerns," but said he was more inclined to support it "the longer Nancy Pelosi bloviates on the House Floor." ...The legislation would keep the government funded for another six weeks, through March 23. That should give lawmakers enough time to write an omnibus spending bill to fund the government for the rest of the fiscal year.
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