John Boehner: No Debt Ceiling Hike Without Spending Cuts

[AAO]

Source: Huffington Post

House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) said Tuesday that the House would not vote to raise the debt ceiling without spending cuts, setting up a potential fight with President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats.

"We're not going to raise the debt ceiling without real cuts in spending. It's as simple as that," he said at a press conference.

"I believe the so-called Boehner Rule is the right formula for getting that done," he said, referring to the notion that any increase in the statutory debt limit should be accompanied by an equivalent amount of spending cuts.

The White House has insisted that President Barack Obama will not negotiate over the debt limit, which until 2011 both parties in Congress had raised without linking it to spending cuts. In 2011, House Republicans used the threat of the looming debt limit to negotiate the package of spending cuts known as sequestration. In January, the House voted to suspend the debt limit until May without concessions.



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I've had it with the traitors! Time to up the ante and charge them with purposley disrupting the functioning of the Federal Government (if there is such a thing).

[sakabatou]

1. Holding America hostage again

[Rosa Luxemburg]

54. Perhaps he should ask the taxpayers' permission first

what would we like to happen. These dictators!

[kardonb]

68. hostage taker

the first spending cut : his salary !

[PDJane]

2. Is that all they can say?

Why do they run for congress if they don't believe in the things that government can do? How long are they going to be allowed to get away with this boondoggle?

[Mr. David]

5. Not much longer. Voter education easily defeats gerrymandering and people are sick and tired

of GOP's bullshit and want to find a different direction.

That is heading to the left.

[notadmblnd]

26. No, that's not all he can say.

he said the other day that congress should be judged not on how many laws they pass, rather it should be on how many they repeal.

All the while we thought their job was about making laws.

[AAO]

30. Well, they didn't repeal anything either so they're about ready for strike 3.

[Mr. David]

3. Fine. I'll go first. How about you give up repealing Obamacare and get started on a jobs bill

that we've been waiting for the last 8 years of obstruction on?

And also, cut Department of Defense by 90%, shut down Homeland Security, and finally remove all oil/gas subsidies and bank subsidies.

Also, a massive tax increase on your own people by about 35% until morale improves.

[snappyturtle]

9. YES! I like your thinking. nt

[Vincardog]

22. oil/gas subsidies and bank subsidies are spending let's start there.

[AAO]

31. HELL NO! HE WON'T!!!

What a fucking moron!

[global1]

4. Go Ahead Boner - Lose The House For The Repugs In 2014 - I Dare You.......nt

[snappyturtle]

6. Ring around the rosie...again? Yep....they want the entire country

like Detroit....better to showplace and set off the beauty of their private gated enclaves.

[chillfactor]

7. Boehner has a box of rocks for a brain...

he and his cohorts are destroying the GOP...What do they not get about that?

[AAO]

32. If our credit rating goes south again, that could be the end of the Renegade Party.

[Ian David]

8. Fine. Let's cut federal highway funds to the states that vote for that. n/t

[meanit]

10. Gee, Boner

what an original fucking idea.

[n2doc]

11. Ok. Cut the NSA, CIA, DHS, and DOD budgets

Leave the rest alone....

[wordpix]

14. how about the House NOT agreeing to arm the Syrian rebels?

Frankly, they should either declare war as the Constitution requires or tell Obama no to the arms.

[n2doc]

19. That too n/t

[AAO]

33. How do they get away with violating the Constitution every time?

[Owl]

16. ^^^^^ THIS ^^^^^

[Arcanetrance]

12. Its getting to where every couple weeks we can just cut and paste the news

The problem is each time he says it we give him cuts so he has no incentive not to pull this shit every time

[daschess1987]

13. Starve the poor!

Fuckers are feasting on king crab legs--not just crab legs, but KING crab legs--while the MIC starves. And don't forget how Main Street stuck it to Wall Street in the bailout! If greedy American labor wasn't so pushy about a livable wage, his party wouldn't have had to give tax breaks to corporations for outsourcing in the first place. So if you want the debt ceiling raised, for ANYTHING other than the poor (whom Jesus himself condemned), you better be willing to starve and/or kill every last one of them mother fuckers. [can't directly quote the not-so esteemed speaker on any of that, but I can pretty-much attribute it to him]

[Skittles]

15. LOL - THE BONER RULE

let's just finish your sentence, asshole - SPENDING CUTS THAT HURT THE POOR

[Hubert Flottz]

63. Is the Boner high on Viagra or what?

I'll bet all the young republicans can't graduate, unless the ace Pumping the Pooch 101...Boner and his crew are too damned lazy to govern.

[wordpix]

17. maybe if this asshat stopped drinking awhile, his "policies" would make sense

For now, it's clear he's just a shill for the 1% and sense be damned.

[AAO]

34. 50% bar, 40% golfing, 10% obstructing the nations business.

Fucking Orange fuck!

[Myrina]

18. Ok, oil subsidies and military spending can go first. Both by 75%.

n/t

[reflection]

70. Yep. Next! n/t

[meow2u3]

20. Another Boner extortion attempt

When will he be indicted?

[n2doc]

21. Time for the "not this shit again" meme

Let me guess: Boehner has no real ideas, and expects Obama to provide 'leadership'. By which he means,have the President propose to cut programs dear to the Democratic Party Base, strong arm his party members into supporting same, and let the repubs help pass these cuts with a minimum of support. Then turn around and Blame Obama for 'destroying medicare and social security'.

Maybe they can even get Obama to propose defunding Obamacare! Oh, the amazing thoughts that must come to Boehner after a 5th of cheap bourbon....

[on point]

23. Start with 500 billion cut to pentagon

[AnotherMcIntosh]

24. If the Administration wants to feed the military-industrial complex, it's going to have to cut SS or

cut other programs that benefit most Americans.

[AnotherMcIntosh]

25. Cut the NSA's budget instead of SS and programs that benefit most Americans.

[Blue Owl]

27. Put your boner away, John

n/t

[AAO]

35. He puts it up his ass every morning!

[bowens43]

28. deja vu all over again.......

wish Obama and the Dems had the nerve to tell boner to fuck himself, no more cuts with out significant tax increases on the wealthy

[LadyHawkAZ]

29. Cut their salaries, benefits and staff down to zero.

See? Now everyone's happy.

[Monk06]

36. *SNORK* Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

[roamer65]

37. Send them cuts to all their pet projects and departments.

[Brigid]

38. Not this again!

[BootinUp]

39. Here we go again

Fuck Off Tea Party Pukes.

[Shadowflash]

40. I agree!

All subsidies to big oil, big banks, big ag and aid to some iffy 'allies' need to be cut big time.

[JCMach1]

41. Obama should unilaterally go nuclear and bypass Congress to raise the ceiling

Let them take it to court...

[L0oniX]

42. Silly congressional mafia ...representing the people again. YAwn

[dusty trails]

43. So, the GOP spends the money

And then Boner says, "Oh no ~ we're not funding for it.
You cut social programs, food stamps, education, etc to pay for it."

[DallasNE]

44. Boehner Is Unaffected By The Tonguelashing Bernanke Delivered The Other Day

When he told Congress they need to provide fiscal stimulus for job creation and grow the economy. The recently concluded G20 summit in Russia delivered the same general message. So instead of listening to either, Boehner goes out on a limb by himself carrying the saw with him. This cannot have a good ending for America.

[Wolf Frankula]

45. No Debt Ceiling Hike Without Spending Cuts.

Fine! I agree. Lets put the House of Representatives on commission and remove all the benefits.

Wolf

[tanyev]

46. I thought the Boehner Rule was No Cocktails Before 9:00am.

No matter how bad you want one.

[Pakid]

47. I am all in favor of making cuts

Just as long as each and every cut is made to program that benefit the rich and corporate America. Offer cut in those programs and watch just how fast bone head can back peddle!!!

[dusty trails]

48. Happy to oblige

Start with corporate welfare and the obese Pentagon budget.

[Kablooie]

49. Mr. Broken Record strikes again! What a dazzlingly creative politician!

They never even try to justify their policies.
It's simple rote repetition with no thought or reason involved.

[blkmusclmachine]

50. Here we go again. So predictable.

Everyone but Mr. Bipartisanship could see this coming from a mile away.

[blkmusclmachine]

51. But, just maybe, BHO doesn't have much of a problem with it.

It would explain a lot of things, yes?

[emulatorloo]

53. Are you talking about your "Invisible Obama"?

Time to give him him another good cussing out, Clint.

[forestpath]

59. Exactly, same as with the sequester.

[liberal N proud]

52. No spending cuts without cutting congress salaries.

They would never do that.

[Historic NY]

55. Hey Boner the last time your deal got us sequester.......

your a moron.

[emsimon33]

56. How about a new rule: Every time the Republicans refuse to raise the debt ceiling,

taxes are increased by 25% on the wealthiest 2% and on corporations!

[sky imager]

57. I have a dream about these asshole republicants

Yes, it involves a rather large catapult, the Grand Canyon and flinging these useless jerks.. well you get the picture...

[on point]

58. Start with the military by 50% already

[DeSwiss]

60. Agreed.

So let's start cutting the goddamned bank bailouts and get all our money back and put them mofos in prison. Then let's cut the goddamned subsidies to energy companies. All. Of. Them. And make them assholes pay for all the fucking damage they've done to Mother Earth. Then send them asses to prison as well, for symbolism.

And then finally, cut the goddamned military and police state (same thing) budget by about, oh..... let's say we start at 80% -- and then we might be making some fucking headway here.

- K&R

[center][/center]

[Fearless]

61. Americans are getting tired of being held hostage by the whims of a madman.

[Hubert Flottz]

62. The first cut should be congressional pay checks.

The do nothing Boehner is a classic POS!

[Volaris]

64. I'm sooooo tired of this asshat ploy...

FINE John. Don't fucking raise the debt ceiling. Watch every ONE of your House seats flip to blue, welcome back to a Democratic Supermajority in the Senate, and wave goodbye to the White House for the next 20 years.

He must be an insane person. And he DOESN'T scare me anymore.

[Javaman]

65. oh no, here we go again.

[RoccoR5955]

66. So how about cutting military by, oh 90%...

and eliminating tax breaks given to oil companies. There are some cuts that will make a difference.

But really, I am tired of listening to this puke talk out of his ass.

[SCantiGOP]

67. Somebody shove a copy of the US Constitution up his butt

As in: All appropriation bills must begin in the US House. Not a dime of this money that is needed to keep us from defaulting on our debt and perhaps causing a bigger financial crisis than Bush/Cheney managed would be out there if the Boehner-led House hadn't appropriated it. Time for the Prez to play chicken, and see if they get run down like Newt did when he tried it.


(on a lighter note, the spell check tried to change the Speaker's name to 'Boner.' )

[egold2604]

69. Shut down all the military bases in the South

[greymattermom]

72. good plan

why haven't they done this? The red states get more than they give, and then keep wanting more without contributing. They have descriptions for that, so we should use their language.

[AAO]

73. Blue states - Givers, Red states - TAKERS!!

[Hosnon]

74. Seriously? The three of you are blind. Do we need to pull up the purple map AGAIN?

If you can't get beyond the North/South thing, at least don't piss off every Dem who lives in the South with ignorant comments.

[AAO]

75. Oh, take a pill.

[ctsnowman]

71. K & R

[ladjf]

76. Please. Not the old "debt ceiling game". nt

[workinclasszero]

77. Let me guess..kill social security..medicare and food stamps

Thats the ticket eh Boner?

[KamaAina]

78. I thought the Boner Rule was

if your boner lasts more than 4 hours, see a doctor immediately.

[freshwest]

79. Spending cut? I hate to say this, but cut their own salaries first. If they insist on getting blood,

I'd wager that Obama and Biden would sacrifice a buck apiece to satisfy their hatred. It's more than they deserve.

No more spending cuts from the grifters trying to starve the people while selling us off to their sponsors.

Enough!

[primavera]

80. No problem, I'd be happy to cut all of our corporate welfare programs

Then there's that huge military money pit we could easily get rid of, all of the subsidies for the oil and gas industry, all of the tax breaks for billionaires, hell, I have no problem making cuts at all. For once, John and I are on the same side - let's go rein in all of that public spending on the rich, John, I'm right there with you!