THE GOP IS GETTING AWAY WITH MURDER

There's no reason to concede any cuts to the GOP as raising the debt ceiling is inevitable. Unless Obama and all dems (except a few of liberals) WANT to bargain away Social Security. Doesn't it bug you that the portion of your check that you are guaranteed to get back from Social Security is now in question? And over nothing? Instead of caving on repubs' turf, O & democrats should ridicule the GOP & their demands.

130 Republicans Who Are In Congress Today Voted To Hike The Debt Ceiling Under Bush Without Hostage Threats



There was a time when House Republicans chose not to threaten the nation with default to get their agenda passed.
White House and congressional negotiators are currently in the process of striking a deficit reduction deal, as most Republicans in Congress are refusing to raise the federal debt ceiling without deep cuts to public investments and social insurance programs like Social Security and Medicare. By doing so, these Republicans are essentially holding the country hostage, threatening the United States with default unless Democrats agree to these cuts.

Yet these Republicans were not always demanding hostages in exchange for allowing the country to pay its own bills. In November of 2004, Congress voted in both the House and Senate to hike the U.S. debt limit by $800 billion, which raised the total ceiling to $8.1 trillion.

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