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LetMyPeopleVote

(153,746 posts)
Wed Feb 15, 2023, 05:25 PM Feb 2023

On the debt ceiling, Republicans are hostage takers with no demands

President Biden is not going to negotiate with McCarthy over the debt ceiling. I am amused to see that McCarthy and his fellow idiots are not even able to come up with a list of demands for these "negotiations."



https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/debt-ceiling-gop-hostage-taker-no-demands-rcna69718?cid=sm_npd_ms_tw_ma&taid=63eae78879b5c90001110c4b&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter

At Tuesday’s State of the Union address, President Joe Biden performed a piece of political jujitsu: He got Republicans to actually take a position on the looming debt limit showdown. Sort of. Rather than identify what spending cuts the GOP wants in return for not letting the country default on its debt, they affirmed what’s off the table.

About halfway through his remarks, Biden accused “some Republicans” of wanting to use the threat of debt as leverage to cut Social Security and Medicare. GOP members of Congress quickly rose in denunciation, jeering the president. “We all apparently agree,” Biden joked, “Social Security and Medicare is off the books now.” Republicans applauded......

At Tuesday’s State of the Union address, President Joe Biden performed a piece of political jujitsu: He got Republicans to actually take a position on the looming debt limit showdown. Sort of. Rather than identify what spending cuts the GOP wants in return for not letting the country default on its debt, they affirmed what’s off the table.

About halfway through his remarks, Biden accused “some Republicans” of wanting to use the threat of debt as leverage to cut Social Security and Medicare. GOP members of Congress quickly rose in denunciation, jeering the president. “We all apparently agree,” Biden joked, “Social Security and Medicare is off the books now.” Republicans applauded.
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On the debt ceiling, Republicans are hostage takers with no demands (Original Post) LetMyPeopleVote Feb 2023 OP
Um, isn't a hostage taker with no demands a flat-out terrorist? tanyev Feb 2023 #1
It makes it so that if we agree to make cuts.... TheRealNorth Feb 2023 #2
This is essentially a replay of the Paul Ryan years Johonny Feb 2023 #3
Remind the Trump tax cuts Fullduplexxx Feb 2023 #4

Johonny

(21,848 posts)
3. This is essentially a replay of the Paul Ryan years
Wed Feb 15, 2023, 05:39 PM
Feb 2023

and we all predicted it would be. Not sure why anyone would think A) they suddenly know what they want besides attention B) would simply raise the debt ceiling without drawing attention to themselves.

I don't see how it passes without the speaker going to the Democrats.

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