Category: Politics

The government would have to cut spending?  Sounds like a good way to force living within its means.  A big cleaver approach and not the best way for sure…but we’ve long passed the opportunity for that.

I’d pass a law forcing the payment of things monthly in this order:

1. Debt payments to not default
2. Military expenses necessary for immediate defense (not the complete budget for the Pentagon… Enough to keep safe)
3. Social security and welfare payments
4. I doubt there’d be any left at this point but I’d prioritize the rest with things like the education department, HUD, and other such fluff things at the bottom.

This would make sure people could eat, have shelter, and the nation would be defended.  But be sure the liberals would scream and not pass it.  Barry would then spend spend spend and miss a debt payment.  The media would blame the Republicans but… Just like with the shutdown…the liberals would be to blame.

[Update 2013-10-08 06:18:35]  Using CBO numbers for 2014 work out even better than expected.  Check out this article.  In short, with expected tax receipts, the government could:

1) pay interest
2) fully fund the social welfare programs
3) fully fund the military
4) have about $500 billion left for the rest of government to function on

http://www.marketoracle.co.uk/Article29518.html

I just received this email from my Rep.  Here’s a quote:

 “So here’s where we are: my colleagues and I in the House have been at the negotiating table for weeks, but two seats have remained empty – President Obama’s and Harry Reid’s.”

and

“The House’s position is simple: if the President wants to delay the mandate for big businesses, he should also be willing to delay the individual mandate that will be affecting the American people. And, we need to eliminate the preferential treatment given to the President, Members of Congress, and their staffs under Obamacare – Washington should live by the same laws the American people have to live by. But, the President and Harry Reid have said that they will not negotiate with us.”

So, I ask again…who is willing to work through this and who isn’t?

Now, you may be wanting to excuse this as a partisan hack job.  But, my rep seems real down-to-earth and level headed.  He doesn’t always agree with me (so that should tell you something) but I respect his openness and honesty.  I don’t have any reason to doubt him in this.

The fact that Obama and Reid aren’t trying to end this also shows up here.

Let’s just say my republican senator sent me a real reply while the liberal Democrat sent a form reply saying all letters will be read after the shutdown.

Who cares what we think?  That’s fairly easy to see.

[Update 2013-10-04 19:26:01] This is an update to this post where I wrote them.  I’ve also written Pres Obama and told him what I thought.

[Update 2013-10-05 17:47:15] I’ve received an email from my Rep.

I think more Americans would agree with the people in this article than not.

http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-24394644

…no debt ceiling increase does not equal default.

That only happens when the treasury doesn’t make payments on the debt.

http://mobile.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUKBRE9930L820131004?irpc=932

[Update 2013-10-04 19:20:55] Here is a good article explaining how the only way a default could really happen is if the Treasury refuses to prioritize spending. And here’s another.  In short, it would be like someone who makes $100,000 per year declaring bankruptcy over a $7,000 credit card bill.

Emperor Barry Pres Obama has now demanded.  Ooooo.  What’s next… A triple dog dare?

http://m.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/us-treasury-warns-of-catastrophic-default-if-debt-ceiling-is-not-raised/story-e6frg6so-1226732712709

and I think you should too.

Go here to find your senators
and
here to find your representative

Just to let you know I told mine 4 main things:

1. I blame the shutdown on the liberals and the President
2. I want them to stand with Sen. Cruz
3. I want them to vote yes on any measure to partially or fully fund any government agency as long as ObamaCare is not funded
4. In the upcoming debt limit fight, I only want them to vote for an increase in the debt limit if it is balanced with an equal or greater amount of spending cuts.  I would prefer “real” cuts over decreases to the rate of increase.

If you can’t tell, I’m glad the conservatives are finally fighting the President.  I wish they would have done this two years ago…better late than never, I guess.

[Update 2013-10-04 19:24:33] I heard back from my senators.  In short, one is working and trying to resolve the problem.  Who knows what the other is doing.

Image from jeffrey james pacres via flickr

This article hits the nail on the head.

http://www.redstate.com/2013/10/02/this-is-about-shutting-down-obamacare/

But it is certainly the sound of West Virginians once again pulling the ‘d’ lever for someone who doesn’t walk the talk.  They did it over and over with Byrd and Rockefeller.  Why should Joe manchin be any different?  First it was gun control now this…

http://www.redstate.com/2013/10/01/joe–manchin-is-a-coward/

And I actually like his idea.

I think that the House needs to stop playing backcourt basketball and put the ball in the forecourt and make the Democrats play defense. And one way to do that might be to send the funding back as it is but with an attachment that says, “Okay, we’ll go ahead with Obamacare as you want it, but no exemptions. Nobody gets an exemption. Everybody has to have play on the same playing field. That’s only fair.” Fairness is the Democrats offer. Then the Democrats, if they reject that, are going to have explain to the American people why they’re willing to shut down the government in order to keep the exemptions for their favorite groups.

http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2013/09/30/what_should_republicans_do_next