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...raising the debt limit.
The White House has released a list of concessions it's willing make in exchange for the GOP raising the debt limit.
4:35 AM - 26 Sep 2013
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Pretzel_Warrior
(8,361 posts)libdem4life
(13,877 posts)rurallib
(62,433 posts)Recursion
(56,582 posts)Boehner: "What do I get for raising the debt ceiling?"
Obama (no hesitation): "You get nothing"
Buns_of_Fire
(17,188 posts)Coyotl
(15,262 posts)Iliyah
(25,111 posts)The American People - zero as well
Ransom and pointing a gun at the hostages heads telling the "negotiator" which one gets shot first.
cui bono
(19,926 posts)I hope it stays this way.
lamp_shade
(14,841 posts)bvar22
(39,909 posts)I approve of a policy of Never Negotiating with Terrorists.
It only makes them stronger.
Thank You, President Obama
for STANDING strong on this issue.
Cryptoad
(8,254 posts)does the GOP leadership really , honestly and truly believe their own bull . Or are they just playing a large section of ignorant Crazy people in our society!
lastlib
(23,264 posts)...are they smart people who are just putting us on, or are they imbeciles who really mean it??
Greybnk48
(10,170 posts)SunSeeker
(51,627 posts)Liberal_Stalwart71
(20,450 posts)Mr.Bill
(24,312 posts)They will just pull the same crap they are pulling now next year times ten. Which is conveniently around Congressional election time.
truebluegreen
(9,033 posts)would be the stupidest move evah. The program was designed to go into effect on an off-year in order to provide time to iron out glitches and have the public get used to it before there can be a referendum-type vote.
If they delay a year, they will be doing it a month before the mid-terms.
jmowreader
(50,562 posts)The Republicans will be doing everything they can to ensure a bad launch happens a month before the election, so they can run a billion or two worth of ads asking for a Republican majority in both houses so they can repeal it once and for all.
truebluegreen
(9,033 posts)that all the lip-flapping about the ACA and the end of freedom in America was...just that.
truebluegreen
(9,033 posts)Boom Sound 416
(4,185 posts)What is a Drexel?
tblue
(16,350 posts)concessions. Yep. Looks about right to me.
About time! I hope our POTUS acquires a taste for this. There is still so much he can do for the common good. We need him so.
Ohio Joe
(21,761 posts)It is about time we stop letting the repugs hold the country hostage.