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GOP To Raise the Debt Ceiling Wednesday

puravida_gringo Wrote: Jan 22, 2013 5:15 PM

When the crash comes, I'll be elsewhere shaking my head but at least out of the USA. Fools like you existed in Rome too before it was sacked . You don't know your historic past and continue to drink the kool aid and ignore all of the warning signs. Just keep telling yourself we can't cut anything and when the whole thing comes crashing down, then you will realize how ignorant you really are.

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GOP To Raise the Debt Ceiling Wednesday

Despite talking for months about using the debt ceiling as leverage to get Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to pass a budget, spending cuts and entitlement reform, House Republicans are expected to vote on a temporary debt ceiling increase tomorrow.

House leaders on Monday unveiled legislation to permit the government to continue borrowing money through May 18 in order to stave off a first-ever default on U.S. obligations. It is slated for a vote on Wednesday.

Although President Obama is getting a temporary break from the debt ceiling fight as a result of this...

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