YES! Congress is not capable of handling anything.
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YES! Obama can use the 14th Amendment or print platinum coins.
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If Obama can side step Congress and he doesn't then he's part of the problem...again.
The public doesn't understand...the debt ceiling should be replaced with 'our credit card debt', already incurred.
Yes, Obama should go around the Tea Party and mint platinum coins and he should NOT negotiate with these economic terrorists, aka Tea Party Members.
Wars costs money....no tax increase to pay for them has come home to roost.
Yeah, the conservatives through media like Rush Limbaugh are scaring people into believing Obama is going to bankrupt the country. Oh, hurry, don't spend money and don't raise the debt ceiling. The focus is on the wrong thing, to decrease debt you have to either lower spending or increase income. We have through the last 10 years decreased spending to every program we could think of without ever making the ultra rich 1% pay more, without stopping subsidies to the oil companies (who themselves say they don't need it), without re-thinking farm subsidies among others, and letting big corporations rule our government, which is also not what our founding fathers had envisioned. We, the People, do not have a voice as long as money rules.
Once again the country is facing a financial problem with a congress thats only interest in their personal finances. Why are they on vacation again? They will spend 8 days in session this month and get paid their regular salary. Here's and idea lets just divide their salary by 31 days pay them for 8 and use the rest to start paying off the debt. From now on they get paid when they are in session. NO SESSION , NO PAY. The President seems to work 365 days a year , most other people who have jobs work as many as they can or two jobs if their lucky to make ends meet. What gives the congress the idea they are so special they don't have to work or listen to constituents???????????
YES! If Obama doesn't sidestep this deadbeat Congress, nothing will ever get done.
Yes, the President is responsible for enforcing the law. Certainly the Congress cannot choose to refuse to pay its legal debts that it created itself. Imagine what would happen if the Congress passed a law requiring the President to spend then took away the money required to pay the bill. This is an easy one for me, do not bother about the Congress, use the power of the Presidency to pay all the legal bills that are incurred by the actions of the United States Congress.
What can be done, and what will be done..so far..appear to be 2 different things. Seems like Obama has already forgotten he has a mandate from the people who elected him, and once again appears to have sold out. Lets hope a more progressive senate will step up to the plate and fight for the people who elected them, because I don't see that the president is doing that.
Historically we seem to keep repeating the same mistakes and of course getting the same results. We allow big money to run things, and screw everyone, just as in the previous depressions. There's an old saying in psychology, if you keep doing the same thing over and over and getting the same results, maybe it's time to do something different.
We need to raise revenue on rich corporations and cut bloated military budget. The majority of americans believe this but the House of Representatives believes in welfare for the rich so they can destroy jobs with investments overseas. No wonder the working class is putting their boots on and knocking on doors. Maybe that noise I hear is democracy moving forward.