It may be emotionally satisfying to refuse to increase the debt ceiling, but not practical when push comes to shove. Keep in mind that the debt ceiling increase does not provide for new spending. This is for money already spent. That is what it means when you pass bills which have been signed
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07/29/2011
I was a strong supporter of Marco Rubio in the 2010 Senate race in Florida and he continues to impress me with common sense and ideas that we should all hear and filter into our thinking. Marco sees the importance of immediate spending cuts in an environment where we have operated without a Cong
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07/14/2011
Newsmax and other news sources are reporting that Minority Leader Senator Mitch McConnell (R - KY) has recommended a plan that would give the President a unilateral power to make up to 2.4 trillion dollars in debt ceiling increases on his own initiative under certain circumstances through the nex
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07/12/2011
The political process is being stressed to the max as agenda meets reality. The parties will meet in the White House this evening. Apparently the Democrats are still offering the typical Washington pap of reduced levels of increase in lieu of real cuts in the budget. Billions of cuts accumulat
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07/10/2011
Well, it is the 4th of July. Those who have read my articles over the years of Active Rain and other sources know to expect my holiday patriotic display of the Declaration of Independence, Lincoln's Gettysburg address or other seasonally appropriate stuff. However, I am becoming increasingly
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07/04/2011
