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I don't think you get it. Money we are about to spend? Even if we don't spend it, we still need to raise the debt ceiling in order to make good on the debt we already have.
I refer back to my mortgage analogy. How can we (the fed) survive if we take out a mortgage with no way to pay for it? It's like paying your Chase credit card with your Capital One credit card. It makes no sense to keep voting out of some sort of manufactured, devised emergency, purely constructed on partisan BS.
The fact is, people have tried to have tough talks...but whenever the attemp is made the other side stands up and says "this is more important. let's discuss your issue later and do this first" and the primary issue is pushed off again and again. It has to stop.
"We'll do it later" will just result in this issue becoming the emergency. And when seniors stop receiving checks or start getting turned away from doctor's offices because the money's gone from those funds somebody will say "damn those (political party you oppose)...they never did anything when they were in power and now (party you support) is left trying to pick up the pieces.
This debate has been raging for weeks and nothing was accomplished even though proposals were put forward. People sent letters, made calls, tried to involve everybody (including Obama and Biden) into getting this resolved and a compromise drummed up. It didn't happen because some people refused to meet and come up with an agreement. This time around, a lot of the foot dragging was on behalf of the dems. Previously, the repubs didn't stand up and say "wait a second, let's do this right". Both parties buggered it up, but somebody is trying to make it work now...so let them make it work.
Stop buying into hysterics. These fear tactics that both sides are using are working way too well.
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