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  This shit is old. The whole  3 ring clusterfuck  as chicken  little runs around sqwarking is akin to some amateurish interpretive  dance groups performance of LOTR using hoolahoops.
context: “We’ve been very clear. The President’s been very clear. It’s everybody’s duty to make sure the United States pays its bills on time,” Van Hollen said. “There will be no negotiations over the debt ceiling and paying our bills on time.”
  
  I am sick and tired of these debt ceiling deadlines. These are obligations passed by previous legislation.
  If Republicans are so concerned about the debt, maybe pass laws to increase the revenue on the rich and stop stealing from the poor. >
  
  Couldn't agree more, but currently the Republicans are trying to stop the IRS collecting more tax.
  And they also key supporters of unsupportable Military budgets.
  They can't have it both ways,  but I reluctantly agree with them, that debt everywhere is becoming a critical issue. >
  
  I live in a staunch GOP district. My congressman is a strong proponent of balanced budgets and cutting the deficit. Yet he voted for Trumps tax cuts ($1.5 trillion added to the deficit over a decade) and two budgets with higher deficits than Obama’s last budget. Now he’s screaming about the debt again. The GOP is only interested in the deficit when there is a Democratic president as far as I can tell. >
  
  Yes I'm sure you're right just another talking point for Republicans, like The Wall, but really at sometime this ever increasing debt will destabilise the currency and the economy. >
  
  Absolutely let the republicans default. It’s on them. >
  
  Our government can't even default. This whole debt ceiling is a manufactured problem that didn't fix the issue it was intended to address. >
  
  Whether or not we can default, doesn't mean we'll not face the consequences. 
  SCOTUS will decide it and in the meantime the markets will crash. >
  
  
  in the meantime the markets will crash.
  
  Meh. Bout fucking time. >
  
  That whole article, from the title to the picture they included, is "bOtH sIdEs" b.s.
  The GOP is hostage taking, period. >
  
  14th Amendment, section 4a. 
  The validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and bounties for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be questioned.
  Call their bluff and end this childish drama. >
  
  SCROTUMS (Supreme Court Republicans of the United MAGA States): hold my 🍺 >
  
  Don't negotiate with terrorists. The GOP has proven time and again that this is what they are. >
  
  They even declared it at CPAC - "We are domestic terrorists" >
  
  And then started shooting their opponents. >
  
  House GOP:  Give us our budget cuts, or else we let the US economy default into depression.
  You know, in some corners they call this felony extortion. >
  
  Biden's position is on the side of not defaulting on our nation's debt, so I would hope he refuses to "budge." Terrible both-sides journalism at it again. >
  
  Republicans say they want to cut spending as part of agreeing to raise the debt ceiling but keep wanting to spend millions on these sham investigations. >
  
  Biden thinks Republicans will flinch because he thinks they still have humanity in them. But they won't, because they fucking don't. >
  
  Republicans will cave like they did last time this happened. >
  
  The last time this happened only 1 Republican voted to make it happen and that was Adam Kinzinger in 2021. And that only happened because it had passed in the Senate 50-49. >
  
  Well then republicans will be the reason behind the economic disaster that will follow if they choose to not pay our debts. >
  
  Yes. But will that matter is a different question. They've already trained their base to blindly believe anything they say so they'll easily blame Biden and Democrats for it. Might even shake up some of the less deranged Republicans. But then there's the group of Americans who remain unaware of political events. I think Dems will give in, like they did every time this happened under Trump. >
  
  I am on the side of dems not giving in. I guess we'll see. >
  
  The United States of America should not negotiate with terrorists, be they foreign or domestic. >
  
  Biden can only sign a bill if Congress sends one to his desk. If they can't even manage to do that, it certainly isn't Biden's fault. >
  
  They just need another two weeks. >
  
  Well this is all going to go very poorly. >
  
  When exactly is the deadline for this >
  
  Looks like June but there’s not an exact deadline, it’s when the “extraordinary measures” have been exhausted. >
  
  I’ll be keeping my eye on this, gonna have to pull a few investments it seems, Thanks for the hands up >
  
  I'm 100% with President Biden on this. Don't negotiate with terrorists. >
  
  Are salaries still paid out for congress if they don't allow this to happen? >
  
  If it wasn't, would you really want the wealthiest congresspeople who don't need nor care about their salary to be able to bully the lower-income ones that rely on their salary to make rent? >
  
  Yeah, getting hung up on Congressional salaries is a mistake.  We want Congress to be well compensated so that Members don't have to suck up to big business and lobbyists in order to assure themselves a cushy sinecure when they're done in politics.
  That already happens.  Imagine how bad it would be if we paid Congress even less. >
  
  just need one senator or one house representative to get “if it doesn’t pass. first thing that get cut it military budgets” >
  
  First thing should be  representative salaries,   their staff should be let go,  and their healthcare premiums defaulted on. >
  
  Call their bluff, Joe. They don’t want the first thing that they do is shut down the government again. >
  
  Now, now. The first thing they did was make smoking legal in the capitol building again. >
  
  Well played >
  
  Hope you had global depression on your bingo card >
  
  Do Republicans think they'll get good business deals if they crash other countries' economies along with ours? That sort of thing would leave a bad taste in the mouth I would think. Certainly the rest of the world is aware the GOP isn't stable and "governs" by chaos? >
  
  Rich people make shitloads of money when things go down, and when they know the chaos before the average people.
  The GOP knows they have structural advantages and is constantly working to ensure they stay that way. >
  
  Very cool how every time there's a Democratic president with a Republican House we have to go this ridiculous debt ceiling debacle. Absolutely nothing positive ever comes of this. The Democrats keep refusing to get rid of the debt ceiling whenever they control Congress... why? All you're doing is giving the Republicans the power to hold the country hostage. The debt ceiling needs to be done away with ASAP. >
  
  The democrats aren't "refusing" to do anything.  They haven't controlled Congress in any meaningful sense in over a decade. >
  
  You don't budge to extortion. >
  
  My solution:  To avoid default, cutoff federal checks to congressional districts represented by republicans >
  
  So do the Republicans not have the votes in the house? >
  
  It's a simple majority, so yes, but it won't pass the senate with cuts to social programs attached.  Even if it did, Biden would veto it.
  If they just passed it clean there would be no issue. >
  
  The no malarkey express ain't got no brakes. Get on board or GTFO. >
  
  Biden can still mint a trillion dollar platinum coin.