"John Boehner's 10 Secrets of the Debt Ceiling"

John Boehner's 10 Secrets of the Debt Ceiling

By Jon Perr at Crooks and Liars

http://crooksandliars.com/jon-perr/john-boehner-10-secrets-debt-ceiling

"SNIP...........................



:
1."We Have No Immediate Debt Crisis."
2.Failure to Raise the Debt Ceiling "Would Be Financial Disaster."
3.Boehner Voted for All 7 of Bush's Debt Ceiling Hikes...
4....Including a "Clean" $800 Billion Debt Ceiling Increase in 2004...
5....to Pay for Bush's Unfunded Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit.
6.Obamacare Reduces the National Debt.
7.Republicans Want to Defund Obamacare Spending, But Keep Obamacare Revenue.
8.The House Republicans' Ryan Budget Requires Multiple Debt Ceiling Increases.
9.S&P Blamed Republicans for Its 2011 U.S. Credit Rating Downgrade.
10.Even the GOP's Threat of Default Hurts the U.S. Economy.


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