Cap the Debt Ceiling

Jamb innnnnnn wrote:

No negotiations. Stop spending. If a government shutdown happens, great. We need to minimize government.

ffff wrote:

why are Republican only concerned about the debt when there is a democrat in the White house. Never heard a peep about debt during the 2016-2020 debt increases, covid PPE loans/handouts/ tax cuts. but now....

Jamb innnnnnn wrote:

The country is about to run out of funding on Thursday or thereabout. Solution:

1. Republicans do not negotiate with WH on debt limit increase. WH does not have authority to increase the limit.

2. Cap spending on military at current budget until this is resolved. Cut funding on all entitlements.

3. Stop funding Ukranian proxy wars. Hold Europe accountable to protect their Ukranian neighbors. Russia isn't strong and formidable as they've shown - just persistent. The EU and Ukraine should contain this on their own.

We have a spending problem. If you had a credit card and hit the limit, what would you do?

No negotiations. Stop spending. If a government shutdown happens, great. We need to minimize government.

Jamb innnnnnn wrote:

The country is about to run out of funding on Thursday or thereabout. Solution:

1. Republicans do not negotiate with WH on debt limit increase. WH does not have authority to increase the limit.

2. Cap spending on military at current budget until this is resolved. Cut funding on all entitlements.

3. Stop funding Ukranian proxy wars. Hold Europe accountable to protect their Ukranian neighbors. Russia isn't strong and formidable as they've shown - just persistent. The EU and Ukraine should contain this on their own.

We have a spending problem. If you had a credit card and hit the limit, what would you do?

No negotiations. Stop spending. If a government shutdown happens, great. We need to minimize government.

Jamb innnnnnn wrote:

We have a spending problem. If you had a credit card and hit the limit, what would you do?

Jamb innnnnnn wrote:

Cold War Warrior wrote:

I agree very little with your post but I will only address Conflict in Ukraine.

U.S. and U.S. technology make Russian military look bad.

I am for U.S. withdrawing from Ukraine but I know Ukraine would be defeated in weeks. You obviously have no idea how much U.S. is helping Ukraine.

We are helping them quite a bit. Why aren't their adjacent neighbors helping? Itd be like if we were getting attacked by Canada and asking the Phillippines for help.

What the hell sense does that make?

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ffff wrote:

why are Republican only concerned about the debt when there is a democrat in the White house. Never heard a peep about debt during the 2016-2020 debt increases, covid PPE loans/handouts/ tax cuts. but now....

joedlrt wrote:

ffff wrote:

why are Republican only concerned about the debt when there is a democrat in the White house. Never heard a peep about debt during the 2016-2020 debt increases, covid PPE loans/handouts/ tax cuts. but now....

Continued finger pointing will not solve a very real problem facing younger generations. The desire for a balanced budget should be universal. You should be open to the idea of budget cuts. The last house passed an excessive budget on their way out the door and it is a good time for the incoming house to make financial progress and remedy the irresponsible acts of the past going forward. I view the last-minute actions of the previous house in the same light as the actions of the current house with regard to the debt limit. It is a means of forcing compromise / bipartisan action for responsible spending.

Jamb innnnnnn wrote:

2. Cap spending on military at current budget until this is resolved. Cut funding on all entitlements.

OH...TX wrote:

Jamb innnnnnn wrote:

We have a spending problem. If you had a credit card and hit the limit, what would you do?

Sounds to me like we have a revenue problem. Let's eliminate all of the Trump, Bush, & GOP tax cuts that exploded the deficit.

Also, we should cut spending to match the revenue per state. No more rural welfare states living off of the hard work of urban states.

chartz wrote:

OH...TX wrote:

Sounds to me like we have a revenue problem. Let's eliminate all of the Trump, Bush, & GOP tax cuts that exploded the deficit.

Also, we should cut spending to match the revenue per state. No more rural welfare states living off of the hard work of urban states.

Corporations pay little in taxes. The U.S. gets way too much money.

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Jamb innnnnnn wrote:

chartz wrote:

Corporations pay little in taxes. The U.S. gets way too much money.

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$4T in revenue vs $31T in debt.

If your household made $75k/yr and had $581k in total debt, and wanted to take on even more debt - thats where we stand today.

Lunacy.

off-budget wrote:

Jamb innnnnnn wrote:

2. Cap spending on military at current budget until this is resolved. Cut funding on all entitlements.

Social Security and Medicare ARE NOT part of the discretionary budget. Republicans cannot touch it. Those are self-funded, and the government relies and borrowing from that extra money in the funds to get be cheapest interest rate possible.

The military budget is more than 45% of the budget. $773B out of $1.7T for 2023.