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Another “Government Shutdown” Fight in Washington’s Future

Robert2086 Wrote: May 22, 2012 11:40 AM

The thing to do is just pay the debt. I send some money every year to this worthy cause, also known as the United States of America. Last year more than three million dollars were sent to the Bureau of the Public Deb, which is the only place money can be sent to the United States government where the money cannot be used for party purposes. It has to be used for payment of the debt, so it goes directly to the Chinese and other people who have bought bonds from the United States Treasury.

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Another “Government Shutdown” Fight in Washington’s Future

One of the big stories from Washington is that there may be another fight over the debt limit, which could mean…gasp, hide the women and children…gridlock, downgrades, government shutdown, default, and tooth decay.

Okay, perhaps not tooth decay, but the DC establishment nonetheless is aghast.

Last year, there were actually two big confrontations between House Republicans and President Obama.

The first fight occurred early in the year and revolved around spending levels for the remainder of the 2011 fiscal year. I explained in February of that year how advocates of smaller government could prevail in a government shutdown fight, especially...