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    Walberg comments on the debt ceiling debate


    By JGillman, Section News
    Posted on Mon Jul 11, 2011 at 09:12:59 PM EST
    Tags: Tim Walberg, Michigan, Congress, Debt Ceiling, Government, Unemployment, Obama, backward, bizarro (all tags)

    Washington, DC- As negotiations over the issue of debt and spending continue, Congressman Tim Walberg released the following statement:

    "The President's stubborn insistence on raising taxes during a tough economic time is wrongheaded.  We are still in the midst of one of the worst recessions in a generation because of the government's constant threat of the trifecta of higher taxes, excessive regulations, and runaway spending.  Last week's Labor Department report showed more than 14 million Americans are unemployed, the highest number this year, and many are asking where are the President's promised jobs.   Mr. President, I have the answer, and it's found in releasing the constraints on the American people and their exceptionalism.  Tax increases cost jobs.  A serious proposal to get our economy back on track cannot include more taxes for jobs to be created."

    The highest number of unemployed.  In the middle of the summer.  Yet Obama thinks he is holding the cards.  Frankly, I am afraid some of our congressmen believe the same, but so far have held on with pressure from home.

    So what happens if the debt ceiling is not increased? Why is it important to expand our debt even further to promote a feeling of solvency?  Why is black white, up down, and slow fast?

    How about it experts?

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    My 2¢ ...whether liked or not (3.00 / 2) (#1)
    by Corinthian Scales on Mon Jul 11, 2011 at 10:00:10 PM EST
    1. Unless a clear, lowered 5-year tax plan is laid out, business is going to continue to sit on their money.  I know I am.

    2. Unless the defunding of Obummercare is part and parcel with other major spending cuts, leave the debt ceiling where it is.  Without that Pelosi/Obama/Reid rammed down our throats albatross being defunded, the DC congresscritters will be raising the debt roof perpetually till the final swirl down the bowl.

    Like da man once said...

    The fact that we are here today to debate raising America's debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. It is a sign that the U.S. Government can't pay its own bills. It is a sign that we now depend on ongoing financial assistance from foreign countries to finance our Government's reckless fiscal policies.

    Our debt also matters internationally. My friend, the ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, likes to remind us that it took 42 Presidents 224 years to run up only $1 trillion of foreign-held debt. This administration did more than that in just 5 years. Now, there is nothing wrong with borrowing from foreign countries. But we must remember that the more we depend on foreign nations to lend us money, the more our economic security is tied to the whims of foreign leaders whose interests might not be aligned with ours.

    Increasing America's debt weakens us domestically and internationally. Leadership means that ``the buck stops here.'' Instead, Washington is shifting the burden of bad choices today onto the backs of our children and grandchildren. America has a debt problem and a failure of leadership. Americans deserve better.

    I therefore intend to oppose the effort to increase America's debt limit. ~ Senator Jug Hussein Ears, March 16, 2006

    What's good for the goose is good for the gander.

    Marco Rubio's (5.00 / 1) (#3)
    by grannynanny on Tue Jul 12, 2011 at 08:36:23 AM EST
    comments were spot on also.  We need more taxpayers not more taxes.  And how are higher taxes going to "create" more jobs?  The stimulus was an utter failure and wasted money and proof positive that the private sector will lead the way with lower taxes and less regulation.  And get rid of Obamacare and see what happens in the private sector.

    RINO's do so at their own peril!!! (5.00 / 1) (#4)
    by KG One on Tue Jul 12, 2011 at 10:54:41 AM EST
    Was I was a little taken aback at the uniformity of the message along with the vitriol being put out by the MSM on this issue yesterday?

    Absolutely not.

    How dare anyone stand in the way of raising the debt ceiling!

    After all, the federal government has only raised it some 74 times previously. And look at what a wonderful job they have done keeping their addiction in check.

    Almost $14.5-trillion in the hole and they're still chuggin'.

    And the unfunded liabilities problem?

    Shhhhh, shhhhh, shush! Can't talk about that!

    I've seen President <strike>Carter's</strike> Obama's spiel on C-Span last night. He has got to be one of the worst poker players on the planet that I've ever seen. And I'm just a plain old trucker. If the "leadership" in the house cannot see that, then all is lost...and in more ways than one.

    Not only will we get socked with even more interest payments to our friends the Chi-coms, like the 74 previous times, but those republicans responsible for signing off might not like the response they'll receive when they come asking for help next November.

    Absolutely nothing will happen if the debt ceiling isn't raised!

    Interest payments can (and most importantly will) still be made, only now, Congress will actually have to prioritize their spending just like the rest of us.

    This is what scares the hell out of the democrats and their sycophants, because without that flexibility in spending freely, who will they bribe next for their votes in November?

    Not Encouraging (5.00 / 1) (#5)
    by grannynanny on Tue Jul 12, 2011 at 07:00:48 PM EST
    Boehner was on Brett Baier's show - caught the last 5 minutes.  Asked if he trusted Dick Obama on being serious about the debt ceiling negotiations - Boehner answered - YES!  Never, never, ever, ever trust a liberal.  We are screwed.

    Time for a third party - sorry!

    Dick Obama is going to insist on tax hikes and RINOs are going to cave.  But a commenter on another site made an excellent point.  Oil companies reported record profits that they paid taxes on and they are considered "obscene".  GE, with Dick Obama's buddy Jeffrey Imelt at the helm, made $5 billion that they paid no taxes on because they utilized "creative accounting practices and took advantage of OFF SHORE accounts that are not subject to US taxes and that is OK.  Any liberal want to explain that to me?  Thought not.

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