...that the Republicans will vote "No" to increase the debt ceiling? Several of the freshman legilators are sounding the alarm that they will not agree to increase America's credit card limit unless substantial cuts are made in government spending to lower the deficit. They have threatened to "shut down the government" unless their demands are met.
Really?
So Rand Paul and Marco Rubio and many of their Tea Party backed cohorts will stop social security checks from being mailed, halt medicare payments, withold govenment payroll checks and, most importantly stop the flow of money that supplies the food, water and munitions to the men and women on the battlefield conducting two wars at their command!
Really?
Not to mention that such an action would cause the country to default on its' financial obligations and as a result cause the collapse of the world economy.
But then this is the party that after campaigning for deficit reduction used the unemployment benefits for 2 million Americans as a bargaining chip so that they could increase that same deficit by 1 trillion dollars in order to give tax breaks to millionaires and billionaires.
It will be interesting to watch as the newly elected Tea Party legislators wield their power.
Or perhaps "frightening" is a better word.
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