Jimh: Democrat dog, that must be one of those blue dogs I keep hearing about.

rulken: Newt was not the most popular guy after he shut down the government the last time around.It was total devastation for the Republican party and they are worried about the same thing today.In this dilemma over the debt ceiling it appears Boehner and Obama are the only adults in the room.Boehner may be the Weeper of the House but Cantor is the little crybaby.

Speaker of the House: John Boehner; Get your house in order, stop cow towing to the minority, majority rules. Shove their faces in it if that’s what it takes. That’s why Newt Gingrich was so affective, when he said the way it was going to be that was the way it was!
Grow a set and be the speaker he was.

Look the truth is, (whether we want to hear it or not)Congress and the Senate, are the reason we are in this financial situation. They alone control the money, not one red cent is spent without the approval of the congress, period!
The high taxes, high unemployment, high inflation, No budget, spending out of control, High gas prices, almost every stinking issue, can be directly traced back to the congress and senate. Think about it they alone hold the purse strings. Nothing gets funded with out their approval.
Okay we have a socialist traitor for a president, Impeach him! Obama isn’t performing his duties as he took an oath to do.
The president is an embarrassment to the country, we all know that by now. What the hell is congress, and the senate’s excuse?!
They have played into the hands of the lobbyist and big unions. We the people Vote not them, and we’re their constituents, and it’s high time that they start listening to what we want!

jopa, I disagreed when Bush did the bailouts, and when Obama did the stimulus. 2 wrongs don’t make it right. The repercussions from the bailout were escalated by the stimulus package. That Dem congress was sure happy to give Bush that bailout money and Obama that stimulus money.
The only reason New Orleans hasn’t recover is the city leaders are Dem.’s. Even with the huge amounts of money sent there, they mismanaged it all so 4 years later they still haven’t recovered.
The reason things were good during the Clinton era was he had a Republican congress to keep him under control.
I wouldn’t trust a Democrat dog to piss on a tire.

JimH;Do you remember the last few weeks of Bush’s presidency when John Mccain left the campaign trail because he felt the need to go to Washington for the Bush bank bailout.That is when the USA hit the crapola and we are still suffering the repercussions.Bush may be gone but his trail of destruction is still here.Even New Orleans isn’t back to what it was, but the skies have cleared and we shouldn’t forget Katrina because she might come back under another name.I f only we could get back to the great times of the Clinton era, sigh!The Dems did screw up when they had the power for two years when they decided every vote required a super majority rather than 50-50.Their problem was that they trusted their fellow Republicans and we can see where that put them.I wouldn’t trust a Republican to put air in my tires after being exposed to the corruption of Washington.

Well lets see, a while back a war was started and that wasn’t enough so another war was started.Mr. Bush that is going to cost us plenty.How are we going to pay for it?Well we could put it on a credit card lower taxes so we don’t have any more money coming in and let the next administration figure it out.And here we are today.So I guess we would have to conclude the shortfalls are due to the taxes being lowered and not paying for previous Republican programs.We could also bring up the pharmaceutical bill passed by GWB.To put the Republicans back in power is a doomsday scenario.

jopa, What % rate are you paying and what is the % rate that a millionaire pays. The income tax on a million dollars is around 35 to 40%. Are you paying for just federal, 40%? I’m not talking Corperations, Just private citizens.
Are the shortfalls in medicare and SS, caused be shortfalls in revenue,Or just plain poor handling of that revenue?

JimH;They the rich can keep all their money after taxes but when they do pay those taxes they should pay at the same rate as the rest of the American public.Sure they had the money to give their Congressman several thousand for their re-election in exchange for millions in personal tax exemptions and lower tax rates.What these individuals don’t pay, what I would say is their fair share the rest of the American public has to pay the differance.Now with today’s debt crisis the Republicans want to go after Social Security and Medicare to make up the shortfall in revenue that was once being collected by the government before the Bush tax cut.Just trying to be reasonable.Thank you

JimH;It’s not a matter of class envy at all it’s a matter of doing the right thing.I just don’t believe senior citizens that are vulnerable to inflation should always be the one to carry the burden for the rest of their lives so the rich can sit back in luxury because the Republicans felt they needed another tax break.The idea of the Bush tax cut creating jobs is crazy.Since Bush was in office the job growth rate was zero.This trickle down economic lie of the last ten years is not working.What is wrong with the idea of the rich paying the same tax rate as other Americans?In the end they will still have more after taxes.Why do you feel they deserve preferential treatment?

MARK MY WORDS….the Republicans are going to kiss asses and stab backs and claim they had no choice.The subjugation of the American citizen by the Fed will continue.The fundamental transformation will continue to occur and the citizens will go back to sleep.The debt ceiling is vaulted,meaning that the top is never easily ascertained.Everything will seem to be in order when they raise the ceiling.They(republicans)should not.If they do,refuse to vote for them.Just do not vote for a republican.For this cycle…let the Democrats wreak havoc.They obviously already are.But the REPUBS must be given no quarter if they give in to raising the debt.Take a stand.Make them pay dearly for jumping into bed with the Democratic nightmare.It is the only way we can weed out the system.Start all over and reboot.Isnt that exactly what the DEMS want?MAKE THE REPUBLICANS STAND FOR SOMETHING,NOT BUSINESS AS USUAL IN WASHINGTON!DO NOT LET THEM BETRAY YOU,AND TRY TO COME OUT UNSCATHED!They will betray you.Because you have not harshly betrated them enough for even contemplating raisng the debt limit.It is a no brainer…..no raising the debt limit….no raising the debt limit…..no raising the debt limit!-CC.

The senior citizens of America paid a much higher percentage of their income in taxes than the rich did and now the Republicans want to take what they( the senior citizens) worked for and give the rich another tax break and cut Social Security and Medicare.The wealthy average income tax is 15% for the ones that pay any at all.We only ask they pay their fair share.Thank you

It’s the criminals in the W H who have don’t have any PLAN. The Bummer is lucky that his tongue doesn’t swell up every time he lies, or he’d have been mumbling for almost three years.
If you want a better idea as to who’s who and what’s what, read foreign news sources and look at foreign TV. If you want to know who’s making America look bad (and destroying it), look no further than the boobs in the W H.
When class warfare is the best “plan” you have, you might as well dry up and go away. Socialism doesn’t work. Communism doesn’t work. Fascism doesn’t work. As for the non-leaders in the W H (and Congress), they can’t get it through their concrete heads that none of their favorite schemes will ever work.
It’s always more crap from wannabe elite criminals who lead dupes and jock strappers to their destruction. Say ‘thanks for nothing,’ Bummer.

Lets NOT pass a continuation of oblamas spending spree.
I think it’s high time the crybaby got a REAL job and EARNED his own money.

Obama has said repeatedly that cutting Social Security and getting rid of Medicare as in the Republican plan are off the table.Why the Republicans want to share the wealth of our senior citizens just to give a continuing tax break to the millionaires and billionaires is beyond me.Everyone knows the rich paid a few bucks just to get the tax code written in their favor and hired some mouthpieces to say it’s a good thing.I would think the senior citizens of America are more deserving because it was their blood sweat and tears that kept this country of ours so great as it is today.

Typical protection of the rich from the Republican elite. Mainstream Americans want the top 2% or so to contribute more since they have benefited so much (especially in the last 10 -12 years).