(05-29-2023, 06:34 AM)The Real Marty Wrote:

(05-28-2023, 10:42 PM)flsprtsgod Wrote: The President and the Speaker of the House reached an agreement to [BLEEP] the American Tax Payer for another two years. Great.

The debt limit is so idiotic.  It's not really limiting the debt; it's just refusing to pay it.  The debts are already there.  We bought stuff; now we need to pay for it.  If they want to limit the debt, they need to cut the spending.

It's as if a person said, "I'm too far in debt.  I think I'll quit paying my credit card bill."  Does that make any sense?  No.

I tend to agree.  Congress should never be able to put the President in a catch 22.
At the very least Congress should give the President clarity about what order to pay the bills, and if partial payments should be made, if money is running out.
I think Biden's original stance is basically right, that this is not something to negotiate over, and spending cuts should be discussed in the ordinary budget procedure.  However once Biden realized McCarthy was serious, he shouldn't have held out. Right or wrong McCarthy gets to decide how the debt limit is passed, not Biden.  More people voted for Republicans in 2022 and they did so after hearing McCarthy promise to use the debt limit this way.  Biden should have respected McCarthy's efforts to keep that promise with the voters.

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