Obama to Request Debt Ceiling Cap Raise :O

[General shadow1912]

The US President, Barack Obama, is to request a $1.2 Trillion Debt Ceiling Increase, to Congress by the end of this week. This will in turn increase the ceiling from $15.194 Trillion to $16.324 Trillion.


Captain's Opinion
It is disgustingly, outrageously ridiculous to have yet ANOTHER increase. He is DROWNING the US in Debt. Ron Paul once said, and I quote, "If debt is the problem, How can you solve it with More Debt?"
For the Democrats that say "Well we need to pay our bills…" Well, times like this is when you have to make cuts in your bills, to accomodate with the decrease in revenue. We can't just keep spending.
This is how I look at it:
Obama KNOWS Congress is in Recess until like Late January. And the deal back in August said that the cap is automatically raised unless Congress votes to block the debt-ceiling extension. Lawmakers have 15 days within receiving the request to vote. He is practically taking advantage of the Holiday Recess, because he knows that only a handful of Congressmen will haul their butts back to congress and actually vote against it. BUT, Hopefully, many more Congressmen and CongressWomen will vote against it, and it will not pass! smile
 

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General shadow1912

The US President, Barack Obama, is to request a $1.2 Trillion Debt Ceiling Increase, to Congress by the end of this week. This will in turn increase the ceiling from $15.194 Trillion to $16.324 Trillion.


Captain's Opinion
It is disgustingly, outrageously ridiculous to have yet ANOTHER increase. He is DROWNING the US in Debt. Ron Paul once said, and I quote, "If debt is the problem, How can you solve it with More Debt?"
For the Democrats that say "Well we need to pay our bills…" Well, times like this is when you have to make cuts in your bills, to accomodate with the decrease in revenue. We can't just keep spending.
This is how I look at it:
Obama KNOWS Congress is in Recess until like Late January. And the deal back in August said that the cap is automatically raised unless Congress votes to block the debt-ceiling extension. Lawmakers have 15 days within receiving the request to vote. He is practically taking advantage of the Holiday Recess, because he knows that only a handful of Congressmen will haul their butts back to congress and actually vote against it. BUT, Hopefully, many more Congressmen and CongressWomen will vote against it, and it will not pass! smile

expet the debt celing is about MONEY WE HAVE ALREADY SPENT!!!! and the republicans cave become so unreasonabule an d unable to compramise that that is the ONLY wayt he can get anything done! stop blaming obama when most of the issuse we are having result from the republican's in poweer and bush.  

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littl3_r3d

General shadow1912

The US President, Barack Obama, is to request a $1.2 Trillion Debt Ceiling Increase, to Congress by the end of this week. This will in turn increase the ceiling from $15.194 Trillion to $16.324 Trillion.


Captain's Opinion
It is disgustingly, outrageously ridiculous to have yet ANOTHER increase. He is DROWNING the US in Debt. Ron Paul once said, and I quote, "If debt is the problem, How can you solve it with More Debt?"
For the Democrats that say "Well we need to pay our bills…" Well, times like this is when you have to make cuts in your bills, to accomodate with the decrease in revenue. We can't just keep spending.
This is how I look at it:
Obama KNOWS Congress is in Recess until like Late January. And the deal back in August said that the cap is automatically raised unless Congress votes to block the debt-ceiling extension. Lawmakers have 15 days within receiving the request to vote. He is practically taking advantage of the Holiday Recess, because he knows that only a handful of Congressmen will haul their butts back to congress and actually vote against it. BUT, Hopefully, many more Congressmen and CongressWomen will vote against it, and it will not pass! smile

expet the debt celing is about MONEY WE HAVE ALREADY SPENT!!!! and the republicans cave become so unreasonabule an d unable to compramise that that is the ONLY wayt he can get anything done! stop blaming obama when most of the issuse we are having result from the republican's in poweer and bush.

Republican's in power?!?! Dude, The Senate which is the Upper house of Congress is Democratically Controlled. Not to Mention, we have a Democratic President. The House, which is the Lower house of Congress, is Republican Controlled. The Democrats are in Power. And no it is NOT money we have already spent. The US borrows money from other countries to help pay our bills. The Republicans are willing to compromise. It's just that the Democrats want their way, because we have a Democratic President. And Obama will sign anything that is put on his desk…

Think of it like this:
You have a paycheck of 900 a month. You spent 800 on clothes. So, now you only have 100 to pay all your house bills. Your bills cost 300, though. That would put you in the whole of 200. To fix it, you might ask you neighbor for 200. He gives it to you, but then you go home, and refinance and say, ok, How about I spend only 600 on clothes, so then I will have just enough to pay my bills. But you are still in the hole by 200, to pay your neighbor back. So, for only 2 months, you spend 500 on clothes, and have 100 left over each month to save to pay your neighbor back. In 2 months, you'll have 200 to pay him back, and then you can then go back to your regular spending of 600 on clothes and 300 on bills. smile  

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no. it is about paying back money we have already borrowed, not borrowing more! the republicans WILL NOT COMPRAMISE!!! this has been seen with all of the job bills where Obama gave them a lot of what the republicans wanted and they still didn’t pass it!!! Its not democrats dude, its tee baggers and republicans. Raising the debt ceiling might help change are credit rating. The republicans unwillingness to compromise was shown during the last debt ceiling argument where there was almost a government shut down. They are all about helping the 1% with the wealth and not the 99%!  

[General shadow1912]

littl3_r3d

no. it is about paying back money we have already borrowed, not borrowing more! the republicans WILL NOT COMPRAMISE!!! this has been seen with all of the job bills where Obama gave them a lot of what the republicans wanted and they still didn’t pass it!!! Its not democrats dude, its tee baggers and republicans. Raising the debt ceiling might help change are credit rating. The republicans unwillingness to compromise was shown during the last debt ceiling argument where there was almost a government shut down. They are all about helping the 1% with the wealth and not the 99%!

The last debt deal and this upcoming one, is to cover the Treasury's borrowing needs until 2013. You should really do your research, and watch the news. I don't even think that we may EVER get our Triple A Credit Rating back, unless we do what S&P was looking for, a credible, bipartisan plan that had at least $4 trillion of debt reduction.  

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littl3_r3d

no. it is about paying back money we have already borrowed, not borrowing more! the republicans WILL NOT COMPRAMISE!!! this has been seen with all of the job bills where Obama gave them a lot of what the republicans wanted and they still didn’t pass it!!! Its not democrats dude, its tee baggers and republicans. Raising the debt ceiling might help change are credit rating. The republicans unwillingness to compromise was shown during the last debt ceiling argument where there was almost a government shut down. They are all about helping the 1% with the wealth and not the 99%!

The last debt deal and this upcoming one, is to cover the Treasury's borrowing needs until 2013. You should really do your research, and watch the news. I don't even think that we may EVER get our Triple A Credit Rating back, unless we do what S&P was looking for, a credible, bipartisan plan that had at least $4 trillion of debt reduction.

you said to cover the "Treasury's borrowing needs" this is a need. whith out raising the cealing where are we going to get the money? it is essintualy money we have already spent b/c we are set to to need to spend it. what do you want even more cuts in education and health care??  

[General shadow1912]

littl3_r3d

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littl3_r3d

no. it is about paying back money we have already borrowed, not borrowing more! the republicans WILL NOT COMPRAMISE!!! this has been seen with all of the job bills where Obama gave them a lot of what the republicans wanted and they still didn’t pass it!!! Its not democrats dude, its tee baggers and republicans. Raising the debt ceiling might help change are credit rating. The republicans unwillingness to compromise was shown during the last debt ceiling argument where there was almost a government shut down. They are all about helping the 1% with the wealth and not the 99%!

The last debt deal and this upcoming one, is to cover the Treasury's borrowing needs until 2013. You should really do your research, and watch the news. I don't even think that we may EVER get our Triple A Credit Rating back, unless we do what S&P was looking for, a credible, bipartisan plan that had at least $4 trillion of debt reduction.

you said to cover the "Treasury's borrowing needs" this is a need. whith out raising the cealing where are we going to get the money? it is essintualy money we have already spent b/c we are set to to need to spend it. what do you want even more cuts in education and health care??

Yes, our bills are a need. They are stuff the US has to pay for. NO, IT IS NOT Money that we have already spent!! It covers the BORROWING Needs until 2013!! Who said I wanted cuts in those specific categories? If you refer to my 'Think of it like this' post before (about the neighbor), would you want to keep borrowing 200 EVERY month!? Im pretty sure you'd put your neighbor in the hole too! haha razz
[when you say 'it is about money we have already spent, what do you mean by that? PM me!]  

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littl3_r3d

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littl3_r3d

no. it is about paying back money we have already borrowed, not borrowing more! the republicans WILL NOT COMPRAMISE!!! this has been seen with all of the job bills where Obama gave them a lot of what the republicans wanted and they still didn’t pass it!!! Its not democrats dude, its tee baggers and republicans. Raising the debt ceiling might help change are credit rating. The republicans unwillingness to compromise was shown during the last debt ceiling argument where there was almost a government shut down. They are all about helping the 1% with the wealth and not the 99%!

The last debt deal and this upcoming one, is to cover the Treasury's borrowing needs until 2013. You should really do your research, and watch the news. I don't even think that we may EVER get our Triple A Credit Rating back, unless we do what S&P was looking for, a credible, bipartisan plan that had at least $4 trillion of debt reduction.

you said to cover the "Treasury's borrowing needs" this is a need. whith out raising the cealing where are we going to get the money? it is essintualy money we have already spent b/c we are set to to need to spend it. what do you want even more cuts in education and health care??

Yes, our bills are a need. They are stuff the US has to pay for. NO, IT IS NOT Money that we have already spent!! It covers the BORROWING Needs until 2013!! Who said I wanted cuts in those specific categories? If you refer to my 'Think of it like this' post before (about the neighbor), would you want to keep borrowing 200 EVERY month!? Im pretty sure you'd put your neighbor in the hole too! haha razz
[when you say 'it is about money we have already spent, what do you mean by that? PM me!]

a more acurate analogy would be someone who makes $300 and has to pay $500 in rent. it is not frivalious spending. it is needs. there is no way around it the debt cealing is to pay for are bills on things we have already uses, like an electricity bill would be or a water bill, you pay for it after the fact but you have already uses the servious thare fore it is money we have already spent.  

[Epic Politics Man]

This really isn't an issue, I'm afraid.

This debt ceiling raise was already agreed to as part of last summer's compromise. It was broken up into 3 parts, essentially, so that each one was less appalling individually and it gave anyone against raising the debt ceiling three separate votes against it, to make their stances more crystal-clear.

But don't forget, this was part of the actual agreement made last summer.  

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littl3_r3d

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littl3_r3d

no. it is about paying back money we have already borrowed, not borrowing more! the republicans WILL NOT COMPRAMISE!!! this has been seen with all of the job bills where Obama gave them a lot of what the republicans wanted and they still didn’t pass it!!! Its not democrats dude, its tee baggers and republicans. Raising the debt ceiling might help change are credit rating. The republicans unwillingness to compromise was shown during the last debt ceiling argument where there was almost a government shut down. They are all about helping the 1% with the wealth and not the 99%!

The last debt deal and this upcoming one, is to cover the Treasury's borrowing needs until 2013. You should really do your research, and watch the news. I don't even think that we may EVER get our Triple A Credit Rating back, unless we do what S&P was looking for, a credible, bipartisan plan that had at least $4 trillion of debt reduction.

you said to cover the "Treasury's borrowing needs" this is a need. whith out raising the cealing where are we going to get the money? it is essintualy money we have already spent b/c we are set to to need to spend it. what do you want even more cuts in education and health care??

Yes, our bills are a need. They are stuff the US has to pay for. NO, IT IS NOT Money that we have already spent!! It covers the BORROWING Needs until 2013!! Who said I wanted cuts in those specific categories? If you refer to my 'Think of it like this' post before (about the neighbor), would you want to keep borrowing 200 EVERY month!? Im pretty sure you'd put your neighbor in the hole too! haha razz
[when you say 'it is about money we have already spent, what do you mean by that? PM me!]

a more acurate analogy would be someone who makes $300 and has to pay $500 in rent. it is not frivalious spending. it is needs. there is no way around it the debt cealing is to pay for are bills on things we have already uses, like an electricity bill would be or a water bill, you pay for it after the fact but you have already uses the servious thare fore it is money we have already spent.

If I may, I want to address this more. After more intensive reseach, your analogy given is not really accurate. Mine is a little bit more. You see, there is a Federal Budget, and the Government in fact DOES have enough for the essential needs. But what drives the Spending over the Revenue, is the Discretionary/Optional Spending. Clothes may be a need, but who really spends THAT much for clothes?(I'm talking one person here). So basically if we only spend what is mandatory, the Government would be able to afford EVERY SINGLE bit of it! But again, the stuff that is OPTIONAL is putting us over the top. So many people say, "Oh don't cut education anymore" or "Stop cutting medicare/medicaid", well, to me I would LOVE to see some cuts ONLY in the Optional spending department. You're not really cutting things if it isn't mandatory spending that you're cutting.  

[xXxnaghtykrisxXx]

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littl3_r3d

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littl3_r3d

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littl3_r3d

no. it is about paying back money we have already borrowed, not borrowing more! the republicans WILL NOT COMPRAMISE!!! this has been seen with all of the job bills where Obama gave them a lot of what the republicans wanted and they still didn’t pass it!!! Its not democrats dude, its tee baggers and republicans. Raising the debt ceiling might help change are credit rating. The republicans unwillingness to compromise was shown during the last debt ceiling argument where there was almost a government shut down. They are all about helping the 1% with the wealth and not the 99%!

The last debt deal and this upcoming one, is to cover the Treasury's borrowing needs until 2013. You should really do your research, and watch the news. I don't even think that we may EVER get our Triple A Credit Rating back, unless we do what S&P was looking for, a credible, bipartisan plan that had at least $4 trillion of debt reduction.

you said to cover the "Treasury's borrowing needs" this is a need. whith out raising the cealing where are we going to get the money? it is essintualy money we have already spent b/c we are set to to need to spend it. what do you want even more cuts in education and health care??

Yes, our bills are a need. They are stuff the US has to pay for. NO, IT IS NOT Money that we have already spent!! It covers the BORROWING Needs until 2013!! Who said I wanted cuts in those specific categories? If you refer to my 'Think of it like this' post before (about the neighbor), would you want to keep borrowing 200 EVERY month!? Im pretty sure you'd put your neighbor in the hole too! haha razz
[when you say 'it is about money we have already spent, what do you mean by that? PM me!]

a more acurate analogy would be someone who makes $300 and has to pay $500 in rent. it is not frivalious spending. it is needs. there is no way around it the debt cealing is to pay for are bills on things we have already uses, like an electricity bill would be or a water bill, you pay for it after the fact but you have already uses the servious thare fore it is money we have already spent.

If I may, I want to address this more. After more intensive reseach, your analogy given is not really accurate. Mine is a little bit more. You see, there is a Federal Budget, and the Government in fact DOES have enough for the essential needs. But what drives the Spending over the Revenue, is the Discretionary/Optional Spending. Clothes may be a need, but who really spends THAT much for clothes?(I'm talking one person here). So basically if we only spend what is mandatory, the Government would be able to afford EVERY SINGLE bit of it! But again, the stuff that is OPTIONAL is putting us over the top. So many people say, "Oh don't cut education anymore" or "Stop cutting medicare/medicaid", well, to me I would LOVE to see some cuts ONLY in the Optional spending department. You're not really cutting things if it isn't mandatory spending that you're cutting.

so are you saying education and healthcare are not mandatory? if you wanna make cuts to anything it should be the grossly over sized military America had. Like i said, we have already used the services we need to pay for in the debt sealing. now we need to pay for them, or would you have america go bankrupt? If you wanna stop borrowing the government needs to make more money. first by putting tarrifs on out sourced jobs then by eliminating tax cuts for the top 1%. then maybe your argument would be valid. till then the facts are simple. we need to pay for the goods we have already used, point blank the end.  

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littl3_r3d

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littl3_r3d

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littl3_r3d

you said to cover the "Treasury's borrowing needs" this is a need. whith out raising the cealing where are we going to get the money? it is essintualy money we have already spent b/c we are set to to need to spend it. what do you want even more cuts in education and health care??

Yes, our bills are a need. They are stuff the US has to pay for. NO, IT IS NOT Money that we have already spent!! It covers the BORROWING Needs until 2013!! Who said I wanted cuts in those specific categories? If you refer to my 'Think of it like this' post before (about the neighbor), would you want to keep borrowing 200 EVERY month!? Im pretty sure you'd put your neighbor in the hole too! haha razz
[when you say 'it is about money we have already spent, what do you mean by that? PM me!]

a more acurate analogy would be someone who makes $300 and has to pay $500 in rent. it is not frivalious spending. it is needs. there is no way around it the debt cealing is to pay for are bills on things we have already uses, like an electricity bill would be or a water bill, you pay for it after the fact but you have already uses the servious thare fore it is money we have already spent.

If I may, I want to address this more. After more intensive reseach, your analogy given is not really accurate. Mine is a little bit more. You see, there is a Federal Budget, and the Government in fact DOES have enough for the essential needs. But what drives the Spending over the Revenue, is the Discretionary/Optional Spending. Clothes may be a need, but who really spends THAT much for clothes?(I'm talking one person here). So basically if we only spend what is mandatory, the Government would be able to afford EVERY SINGLE bit of it! But again, the stuff that is OPTIONAL is putting us over the top. So many people say, "Oh don't cut education anymore" or "Stop cutting medicare/medicaid", well, to me I would LOVE to see some cuts ONLY in the Optional spending department. You're not really cutting things if it isn't mandatory spending that you're cutting.

so are you saying education and healthcare are not mandatory? if you wanna make cuts to anything it should be the grossly over sized military America had. Like i said, we have already used the services we need to pay for in the debt sealing. now we need to pay for them, or would you have america go bankrupt? If you wanna stop borrowing the government needs to make more money. first by putting tarrifs on out sourced jobs then by eliminating tax cuts for the top 1%. then maybe your argument would be valid. till then the facts are simple. we need to pay for the goods we have already used, point blank the end.

You didn't read what I said. There are 2 kinds of Spending. Mandatory and Optional. Everything has a mandatory amount that is on the budget. Mostly everything has some optional spending too. NEVER DID I SAY that Education or healthcare wasn't mandatory. You are confusing yourself! Yes, I would love to drastically cut Military Spending. I would like to keep some Defense. ITS ABSURD to even THINK that the government needs to print MORE money! WHY do you think prices are going UP?!?!?? Because the Federal Reserve is printing money which is DEVALUING the U.S. Dollar!! That's NOT the way to do it. How do we do it the RIGHT way, you ask? CUT SPENDING. We NEEEEEEEEEEEED a SURPLUS for once!! Forget balancing the budget with equal tax increases/cuts and spending increases/decreases. We need to have a SURPLUS in order to pay off the debt. That's the only way. We need to STOP devaluing the dollar, and STOP being close-minded on how to do things.  

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you said to cover the "Treasury's borrowing needs" this is a need. whith out raising the cealing where are we going to get the money? it is essintualy money we have already spent b/c we are set to to need to spend it. what do you want even more cuts in education and health care??

Yes, our bills are a need. They are stuff the US has to pay for. NO, IT IS NOT Money that we have already spent!! It covers the BORROWING Needs until 2013!! Who said I wanted cuts in those specific categories? If you refer to my 'Think of it like this' post before (about the neighbor), would you want to keep borrowing 200 EVERY month!? Im pretty sure you'd put your neighbor in the hole too! haha razz
[when you say 'it is about money we have already spent, what do you mean by that? PM me!]

a more acurate analogy would be someone who makes $300 and has to pay $500 in rent. it is not frivalious spending. it is needs. there is no way around it the debt cealing is to pay for are bills on things we have already uses, like an electricity bill would be or a water bill, you pay for it after the fact but you have already uses the servious thare fore it is money we have already spent.

If I may, I want to address this more. After more intensive reseach, your analogy given is not really accurate. Mine is a little bit more. You see, there is a Federal Budget, and the Government in fact DOES have enough for the essential needs. But what drives the Spending over the Revenue, is the Discretionary/Optional Spending. Clothes may be a need, but who really spends THAT much for clothes?(I'm talking one person here). So basically if we only spend what is mandatory, the Government would be able to afford EVERY SINGLE bit of it! But again, the stuff that is OPTIONAL is putting us over the top. So many people say, "Oh don't cut education anymore" or "Stop cutting medicare/medicaid", well, to me I would LOVE to see some cuts ONLY in the Optional spending department. You're not really cutting things if it isn't mandatory spending that you're cutting.

so are you saying education and healthcare are not mandatory? if you wanna make cuts to anything it should be the grossly over sized military America had. Like i said, we have already used the services we need to pay for in the debt sealing. now we need to pay for them, or would you have america go bankrupt? If you wanna stop borrowing the government needs to make more money. first by putting tarrifs on out sourced jobs then by eliminating tax cuts for the top 1%. then maybe your argument would be valid. till then the facts are simple. we need to pay for the goods we have already used, point blank the end.

You didn't read what I said. There are 2 kinds of Spending. Mandatory and Optional. Everything has a mandatory amount that is on the budget. Mostly everything has some optional spending too. NEVER DID I SAY that Education or healthcare wasn't mandatory. You are confusing yourself! Yes, I would love to drastically cut Military Spending. I would like to keep some Defense. ITS ABSURD to even THINK that the government needs to print MORE money! WHY do you think prices are going UP?!?!?? Because the Federal Reserve is printing money which is DEVALUING the U.S. Dollar!! That's NOT the way to do it. How do we do it the RIGHT way, you ask? CUT SPENDING. We NEEEEEEEEEEEED a SURPLUS for once!! Forget balancing the budget with equal tax increases/cuts and spending increases/decreases. We need to have a SURPLUS in order to pay off the debt. That's the only way. We need to STOP devaluing the dollar, and STOP being close-minded on how to do things.

hey before you advocate spending cuts you should do two things. ! go look in a history book and find out what got us out of the Great Depression. because it sure as hell was not spending cuts, thats what put us in it. comp[are hoover to FDR and educate your self on what works.
2 look at the first things the gov is going to cut. Education and Healthcare, not military. and that is thanks to REPUBLICANS  

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littl3_r3d

a more acurate analogy would be someone who makes $300 and has to pay $500 in rent. it is not frivalious spending. it is needs. there is no way around it the debt cealing is to pay for are bills on things we have already uses, like an electricity bill would be or a water bill, you pay for it after the fact but you have already uses the servious thare fore it is money we have already spent.

If I may, I want to address this more. After more intensive reseach, your analogy given is not really accurate. Mine is a little bit more. You see, there is a Federal Budget, and the Government in fact DOES have enough for the essential needs. But what drives the Spending over the Revenue, is the Discretionary/Optional Spending. Clothes may be a need, but who really spends THAT much for clothes?(I'm talking one person here). So basically if we only spend what is mandatory, the Government would be able to afford EVERY SINGLE bit of it! But again, the stuff that is OPTIONAL is putting us over the top. So many people say, "Oh don't cut education anymore" or "Stop cutting medicare/medicaid", well, to me I would LOVE to see some cuts ONLY in the Optional spending department. You're not really cutting things if it isn't mandatory spending that you're cutting.

so are you saying education and healthcare are not mandatory? if you wanna make cuts to anything it should be the grossly over sized military America had. Like i said, we have already used the services we need to pay for in the debt sealing. now we need to pay for them, or would you have america go bankrupt? If you wanna stop borrowing the government needs to make more money. first by putting tarrifs on out sourced jobs then by eliminating tax cuts for the top 1%. then maybe your argument would be valid. till then the facts are simple. we need to pay for the goods we have already used, point blank the end.

You didn't read what I said. There are 2 kinds of Spending. Mandatory and Optional. Everything has a mandatory amount that is on the budget. Mostly everything has some optional spending too. NEVER DID I SAY that Education or healthcare wasn't mandatory. You are confusing yourself! Yes, I would love to drastically cut Military Spending. I would like to keep some Defense. ITS ABSURD to even THINK that the government needs to print MORE money! WHY do you think prices are going UP?!?!?? Because the Federal Reserve is printing money which is DEVALUING the U.S. Dollar!! That's NOT the way to do it. How do we do it the RIGHT way, you ask? CUT SPENDING. We NEEEEEEEEEEEED a SURPLUS for once!! Forget balancing the budget with equal tax increases/cuts and spending increases/decreases. We need to have a SURPLUS in order to pay off the debt. That's the only way. We need to STOP devaluing the dollar, and STOP being close-minded on how to do things.

hey before you advocate spending cuts you should do two things. ! go look in a history book and find out what got us out of the Great Depression. because it sure as hell was not spending cuts, thats what put us in it. comp[are hoover to FDR and educate your self on what works.
2 look at the first things the gov is going to cut. Education and Healthcare, not military. and that is thanks to REPUBLICANS

You really can't compare the two. Yeah Hoover had excessive regulation that caused the Depression, but FDR prolonged it. Just like now! Bush may have started it during the last two years of his presidency (note: Democrats were in power), but Obama (and the Dems) are Prolonging it!!
Well, now, the politicians will just have to open their eyes and see we cannot win. It's endless. And we need to get out of all these countries. Why do they want to cut education and healthcare in the first place, you ask? Well, the Constitution doesn't give the USFG ANY jurisdiction over Education. So all powers NOT delegated to the USFG goes to the States. They probably want to cut healthcare because ObamaCare is destructive and we have a Free-Market, yet we are universalizing things? Really? That's un-American. Yeah sure, Romney has flip-flopped, but he said it may work for Massachusetts, but he said that doesn't mean it'll work for the whole US, because Mass. is MUCH smaller than the US in population.