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<blockquote data-quote="Ragey Erasmus" data-source="post: 1118514" data-attributes="member: 56232"><p>Republicans are refusing to raise the debt ceiling and are using it to blackmail Biden and the Democrats into making massive cuts or the whole government shuts down. Funny how Republicans keep playing this game but, when Trump absolutely exploded the debt, Republicans didn't say a word and Democrats didn't play any games with the debt ceiling.</p><p></p><p>Part of what was being proposed is cuts to social security, medicare and medicaid, highly unpopular decisions but ones wealthy benefactors would love to see go through. It will be a case of Republicans trying to force through an unpopular and damaging proposal and then blaming the Democrats. A Republican called Rick Scott had tabled a proposal that all spending should have a sunset clause, ie it would automatically expire after a set amount of time unless the spending was renewed. It has mixed support among Republicans.</p><p></p><p>By bringing that up, Republicans leapt at the opportunity to call him a liar and throw accusations at him. Of course that footage of them going so over the top in their denial they would do anything to social security, medicare or medicaid will be used against them should they ever decide to go after those programs. I wouldn't even say it was much of a trap, but the Republicans at the moment are so thick and so vindictive that they gave Biden a perfect opportunity to put them in a bind. They also couldn't do all that and then not applaud him saying that there was unanimous consent they would not be touched.</p><p></p><p>A perfect hoisted by their own petard.</p><p></p><p><img src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FobGDJHWcAEpkIO?format=jpg&name=small" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ragey Erasmus, post: 1118514, member: 56232"] Republicans are refusing to raise the debt ceiling and are using it to blackmail Biden and the Democrats into making massive cuts or the whole government shuts down. Funny how Republicans keep playing this game but, when Trump absolutely exploded the debt, Republicans didn't say a word and Democrats didn't play any games with the debt ceiling. Part of what was being proposed is cuts to social security, medicare and medicaid, highly unpopular decisions but ones wealthy benefactors would love to see go through. It will be a case of Republicans trying to force through an unpopular and damaging proposal and then blaming the Democrats. A Republican called Rick Scott had tabled a proposal that all spending should have a sunset clause, ie it would automatically expire after a set amount of time unless the spending was renewed. It has mixed support among Republicans. By bringing that up, Republicans leapt at the opportunity to call him a liar and throw accusations at him. Of course that footage of them going so over the top in their denial they would do anything to social security, medicare or medicaid will be used against them should they ever decide to go after those programs. I wouldn't even say it was much of a trap, but the Republicans at the moment are so thick and so vindictive that they gave Biden a perfect opportunity to put them in a bind. They also couldn't do all that and then not applaud him saying that there was unanimous consent they would not be touched. A perfect hoisted by their own petard. [IMG]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FobGDJHWcAEpkIO?format=jpg&name=small[/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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