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ZRT2209

(1,357 posts) Tue Oct 8, 2013, 09:56 PM Oct 2013

If default is "no big deal," then why is GOP using it to extort concessions from POTUS?

If GOP contends that default is no big deal, why would they expect Obama to give them anything in exchange for avoiding it??? Why avoid it if it is, in fact, no big deal???

THE GOP POSITION MAKES NO SENSE.

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If default is "no big deal," then why is GOP using it to extort concessions from POTUS? (Original Post) ZRT2209 Oct 2013 OP

That is pretty much what the President said today. DURHAM D Oct 2013 #1

good question gopiscrap Oct 2013 #2

I thought the same thing when I heard all the GOP idiots explaining how the debt ceiling wasnt rhett o rick Oct 2013 #3

Some actually believe the aeffect of a default would me minimal Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 2013 #4

I don't hear many saying not paying the bills is no big deal Lifelong Dem Oct 2013 #5

DURHAM D

(33,090 posts)

1. That is pretty much what the President said today.

Reply to ZRT2209 (Original post)

Tue Oct 8, 2013, 10:02 PM

Oct 2013

gopiscrap

(24,778 posts)

2. good question

Reply to ZRT2209 (Original post)

Tue Oct 8, 2013, 11:33 PM

Oct 2013

rhett o rick

(55,981 posts)

3. I thought the same thing when I heard all the GOP idiots explaining how the debt ceiling wasnt

Reply to ZRT2209 (Original post)

Wed Oct 9, 2013, 12:29 AM

Oct 2013

a big deal. Idiots, the lot.

Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(137,429 posts)

4. Some actually believe the aeffect of a default would me minimal

Reply to ZRT2209 (Original post)

Wed Oct 9, 2013, 12:44 AM

Oct 2013

Maybe they're taking financial advise from Donald Trump who's declared bankruptcy multiple times.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023812088

Lifelong Dem

(344 posts)

5. I don't hear many saying not paying the bills is no big deal

Reply to ZRT2209 (Original post)

Wed Oct 9, 2013, 12:45 AM

Oct 2013

What I do hear them saying is the 17th is not a big deal or an exact date of going off a cliff.

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