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6 comments (Latest Comment: 06/02/2023 16:13:56 by Scoopster)

Watching Republicans in Congress trying to fight back against a debt deal, and the last-minute timing of it reminds me of being in school, and trying to learn everything for the finals the night before the Big Test. After weeks of doing anything but, they finally have to face the music. The bill passed out of committee last night, and faces two critical votes (in the full House, and the Senate). This was essentially hammered out by President Biden and Speaker McCarthy (R-CA), with McCarthy failing to keep up with Dark Brandon.
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8 comments (Latest Comment: 05/31/2023 17:33:56 by TriSec)

Pardon the lateness of this blog. I forget what day it was.
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“‘There must be something in books, things we can’t imagine, to make a woman stay in a burning house; there must be something there. You don’t stay for nothing.'” Fahrenheit 451

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3 comments (Latest Comment: 05/26/2023 21:08:55 by wickedpam)

Once again, the U.S. is hanging its ass out for the world to see. No, I'm not referring to TFG; I am referring to the brinksmanship in the House as we are (once again) just a week away from hitting the debt ceiling. The Republican "leadership" is trying to play a game of chicken with the White House, holding the good faith in the American dollar hostage.

It's unknown how many of the under-educated American public don't realize that the increase in the debt ceiling is required to pay the bills on money already spent. It's not so we can borrow more money for things in the future. This has been going on since laws were first put in place in 1917 (and later the Public Debt Acts of 1939). Between 1939 and the 1960s, the ceiling was raised only a handful of times, but by the 1970s it was being used to hold the budget hostage.
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2 comments (Latest Comment: 05/24/2023 13:36:57 by Will_in_LA)