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Email from my Rep.

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.

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say it with me…

…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.

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I Just Wrote My Congressmen

Writing

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