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susinpgh t1_j39i42g wrote

I think the framework is something that McCarthy has been floating since October 2022:

https://www.house.gov/leadership/newsroom/101822-0

The GOP will hold the debt ceiling hostage unless they can get massive spending cuts to Social Security and Medicare. The GOP has no plan proposed to replace these social programs, and it will dump enormous numbers of citizens into abject poverty if the GOP is given traction to proceed with their plan. I don't understand how any working person in the US can support the GOP when they have made it clear on so many fronts that they are willing to put SS and Medicare on the chopping block at the benefit of the massive corporate machine.

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IamSauerKraut OP t1_j39itzt wrote

If scrotum's Caucus strong-arms its way into this type of action, then the Biden Admin's countermove is to cut military spending at whatever level is necessary to stay under the debt ceiling. Blame the former general for gross incompetence in battle.

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Sorrow57 t1_j39kedo wrote

Scott Perry is a traitor and a disgrace, and I hate that his mere existence gets under my skin. But he is an (re)elected US Rep and that makes me sick

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IamSauerKraut OP t1_j3cgm0r wrote

I love how u/LowNo5584 posts serial acerbic responses but then deletes them. Lacks the spine to leave his comments up for others to respond to; meanwhile they show up in the email notifications. Seems cowards support scrotum.

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LowNo5584 t1_j3dep7w wrote

The Biden Administration doesn't control the finances of the country. As foreign a concept as that is, the #xecutive Branch doesn't control the purse. Only Congress can. That's why the student debt relief will fail.

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IamSauerKraut OP t1_j3eiykw wrote

If Congress does not do its job re funding of agencies then the Admin must make cuts. Perhaps you were sleeping during that part of civics.

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IamSauerKraut OP t1_j3ek7ev wrote

There ya go again, u/LowNo5584 Dumping your crap, then running like a coward. The saying goes that Congress controls the purse strings but when Congress does not fund, the Executive must shut things down. If you are going to post crap, at least have the courage to defend your words. Or does the yella in ya spine cause you to run?

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all4whatnot t1_j3a2la9 wrote

Cutting Social Security and Medicare seem like a great platform for the GOP and their constituents. /s

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yeags86 t1_j3ds5hs wrote

They either too dumb to realize cutting those taxes cuts their future payouts. Or they are already getting those payouts and don’t care they are pulling the ladder up behind them.

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