Vote on the debt limit

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Which plan do would you implement?

  1. Obama plan ($4T: $3T in cuts, $1 T in revenue)

    11 vote(s)
    57.9%

  2. McConnell plan (give Obama authority/blame, no big cuts)

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    10.5%

  3. Biden plan ($2T: $2T in cuts, no revenue)

    1 vote(s)
    5.3%

  4. Don't raise limit, default.

    5 vote(s)
    26.3%
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  1. barfo

    barfo triggered obsessive commie pinko boomer maniac Staff Member Global Moderator

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    How does the 'force Reid to help the GOP pass it' part work?

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    barfo, Jul 25, 2011
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    quid pro quo
     
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    What's the quo?

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    barfo, Jul 25, 2011
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    Probably whatever Reid wants, don't you think?
     
    BLAZER PROPHET, Jul 25, 2011
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    What do you think it is that he wants that the Republicans are both capable of delivering, and willing to deliver?

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    Who ever knows. Maybe a new dam in Nevada or some other pork barrel project. Deals are made all the time in politics.
     
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    $2.7T in spending cuts. And no new taxes.
     
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    Tell him to put his money where his mouth is. If it's "his" plan, it should be something that he supports. All he has to to is swing four or five Democrats to vote with the GOP in the Senate and they can pass anything.

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    Ah, I see. I had somehow missed that that article said that Reid was in favor of that particular plan. Yes, if he's actually in favor of it, then he could (and presumably would) just help the republicans pass it. So I suspect he isn't actually in favor of it.

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    Is he in favor of ANY plan? I thought the GOP was the party of "no". :)

    We'll see if Reid has or has not come up with a plan that cuts spending without increasing revenues. Multiple reports certainly indicate that he has.

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    Watching President Obama speak and then Speaker Boehner right after him, I had trouble figuring out which one was more orange.
     
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    I'm glad you're coming around to the Tea Party point of view, Sug. There's hope for you yet. We're out of money, and the only thing that's going to avoid a credit downgrade is a MASSIVE cut in our budget.
     
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