It was Whimpy of course! Or was it Obama, or Bush, or Reid, or Clo or ...? Wimpy was an obese, childish cartoon character, basically a moocher and a bum. We used to laugh at him. Somewhere along the way we decided to BECOME him ... at least too many of us and virtually ALL politicians. Or is it that the politicians were ALL WIMPYS ALL ALONG? That is probably closest to the truth. But we aren't off the hook in any case. When did we become so pitiful, so lacking in integrity, so lacking in ability to discern that we began PREFERRING WIMPY OVER POPEYE?
We don't need a balanced budget amendment nearly so much as we need to stop voting for Whimpy and EMULATING WIMPY.
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You can have a balanced budget today.
Refuse to raise the debt ceiling.
We've heard this siren song about an amendment and such for 30 years, and it's never happened. Nor will it - the House and Senate, along with Obama, are pulling a Reagan - make promises and maybe get tax changes now, but the budget cuts happen never.
I remember the Reagan go-around with this. There's nothing that can be done to stop it, other than cutting up the credit card. The fact of the matter is that Congress can and does lie, and the President can and does lie. The people have absolutely no recourse when both parties are willing to lie, as voting out one party and in the other doesn't stop the lying when both are liars!
The American people are sick and tired of the lies, and they support NOT raising the ceiling. As I wrote on yesterday, this would NOT force a default on Social Security and Medicare, nor on the debt.
It WOULD force an immediate balancing of the budget and the necessary conversation with the American people on what we expect from government and how we're going to fund it with current revenues.
So..... is the House ready to stand firm and force this to be done the right way, in a way that's enforceable and will actually happen - right now, right here, today?
I can tell you this - all the arm-waving and promises over the last 30 years on this subject have made for great press releases, but when it comes to fact, they've all been lies.
Every last one of them.
Let's see a public call in the form of a presser calling for no debt ceiling increase under any circumstances. No ifs, ands or buts.
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