President Wants to Take Control of Debt Ceiling

[lawrocket 3]

Mitch McConnell proposed something similar a while back - let the President deal with the debt ceiling. It turns out that the President LOVES the idea, and the Treasury Secretary went to Congress suggesting that the President should be given the authority to raise the debt ceiling unless Congress vetoes the President with a supermajority in both houses of Congress.

So Mitch McConnell is now filibustering his own stupid idea.

But it also shows where the power of the presidency and has come. Our Constitutional Scholar is proposing a system wherein the Congress vetoes the President.

My wife is hotter than your wife.

[Channman 2]

> Our Constitutional Scholar is proposing a system wherein the Congress vetoes the President.

Not sure why I had to read it 3 time to catch your meaning. Slow yes, dumb maybe...but the light bulb did come on, and bring light to darkness.

[wmw999 2,602]

I'm not in favor of it, either, at least right now. I haven't heard a convincing argument, other than the "it makes it easier" type of argument. And, well, I'm not sure we want to make that easier.

Some things should be a major pain in the ass.

Wendy P.

There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown)

[Southern_Man 0]

Well, I'm not in favor of the idea either, but criticizing the president for something McConnell proposed and insisted should come to a vote is a bit strange. McConnell was playing a game and they called his bluff.

"What if there were no hypothetical questions?"

[GeorgiaDon 385]

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So Mitch McConnell is now filibustering his own stupid idea.

So once again they are all playing stupid games instead of getting down to work.

Don

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[rehmwa 2]

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So Mitch McConnell is now filibustering his own stupid idea.

So once again they are all playing stupid games instead of getting down to work.

better than coming up with new and exciting ways to spend even more money we don't have

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[ShcShc11 0]

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Mitch McConnell proposed something similar a while back - let the President deal with the debt ceiling. It turns out that the President LOVES the idea, and the Treasury Secretary went to Congress suggesting that the President should be given the authority to raise the debt ceiling unless Congress vetoes the President with a supermajority in both houses of Congress.

So Mitch McConnell is now filibustering his own stupid idea.

But it also shows where the power of the presidency and has come. Our Constitutional Scholar is proposing a system wherein the Congress vetoes the President.

The idea that the U.S was one day away from bankruptcy due to a self-inflicted wound is far scarier.

A U.S bankruptcy trigger could theoretically cause hyperinflation depending on HOW the bylaws and the contracts were written.



Going over fiscal cliff is nothing compared to the previous debt ceiling debacle.


Cheers! Shc

[ShcShc11 0]

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So Mitch McConnell is now filibustering his own stupid idea.

So once again they are all playing stupid games instead of getting down to work.

better than coming up with new and exciting ways to spend even more money we don't have

Its funny but that was exactly the reason why a lot of people opposed the Marshal Plans back in 1947.

"Why spend money to the EU we don't have????"




Cheers!
Shc