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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRepublicans Finally Admit That The Fight Over The Debt Ceiling Has Nothing To Do With Debt
Republicans Finally Admit That The Fight Over The Debt Ceiling Has Nothing To Do With Debtby Josh Barro at Business Insider
http://www.businessinsider.com/republicans-have-abandoned-any-pretense-that-the-debt-limit-fight-is-about-debt-2013-9
"SNIP.............................
Now, Republicans are out with a list of demands for raising the debt ceiling, many of which have little or no connection to the federal debt. According to a report from National Review, they include:
A one-year delay of Obamacare.
Blocking Net Neutrality regulations.
Approving the Keystone Pipeline.
Blocking the EPA from regulating ash waste from coal-fired power plants.
Subjecting funding for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to annual Congressional appropriation.
.............................SNIP"
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Republicans Finally Admit That The Fight Over The Debt Ceiling Has Nothing To Do With Debt (Original Post)
applegrove
Sep 2013
OP
Exactly! If I was president or Senate Majority Leader, I'd say every day
Pretzel_Warrior
Sep 2013
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dorkzilla
(5,141 posts)1. What a bunch of...what else can I call them...SHITHEADS.
I LOATHE these people. Is it not obvious to their followers that the end game has NOTHING to do with ANYTHING except greed????
Pretzel_Warrior
(8,361 posts)2. Exactly! If I was president or Senate Majority Leader, I'd say every day
That they are ignoring the rule ofaw and trying to blow up America's future to exert tyranny of the minority.
They need to fucking WIN SOME ELECTIONS if they want their way. I hope they all rot in hell.
dorkzilla
(5,141 posts)3. a-fucking-men!
I hope to Dog this blows up in their faces spectacularly. I'm eagerly awaiting their demise.
Just that thought makes me giddy with happiness!!
Blue Idaho
(5,049 posts)4. Extortionists, Terrorists, Scoundrels...
Negotiating with them will only make things worse.
applegrove
(118,683 posts)5. Yup.
Blue Idaho
(5,049 posts)7. We might as well have this out right here, right now.
Kick these extremists to the curb - pronto.
Initech
(100,080 posts)6. The party of liars, cheats, thieves, and assholes needs to go away permanently.