Republicans to declare debt a national security threat in House, Senate resolutions

[left-of-center2012]

Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) and Sen. David Perdue (R-Ga.) on Thursday are slated to introduce companion resolutions declaring the national debt a threat to the country's national security.

The introduction of the resolutions comes just days ahead of Congress's March 2 debt limit deadline.

The resolutions note that the total outstanding public debt surpassed $22 trillion in February with total interest exceeding $192 billion for fiscal year 2019.

They call on Congress to return to regular order, adding that a balanced federal budget hasn’t been signed since 1997.

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/431617-republicans-to-introduce-house-senate-resolutions-declaring-debt-a-national

[OnDoutside]

1. Lol.....

[zipplewrath]

2. 1997

...adding that a balanced federal budget hasn’t been signed since 1997.

1997? Who was President then again?

[LonePirate]

3. Sounds like they support cancelling all the recent tax cuts and enacting new tax hikes. Right?

[gratuitous]

5. Let's not start talking radical stuff there

Fringe kook stuff that enjoys a marginal 75-80% popularity has no business even being debated in the halls of Congress.

[sinkingfeeling]

4. Gee, then maybe rescind that dumb tax act they passed.

[mr_lebowski]

6. Reading the Headline I thought for sure it was about being in Hock to the Russians (nt)

[Yavin4]

7. Wasn't their tax cuts supposed to bring in revenue that would wipe out the debt?

Or did I hear that wrong?

[Panich52]

8. Then why have our last 2 Repub presidents worked

so hard to increase the debt?

[stillcool]

9. I know one of their most...

coveted acts, is to destroy medicare/social security,...and I do remember reading that blowing up the deficit was a good way to do it.

[pecosbob]

10. Let's just go ahead and declare the GOP a threat to national security...

[Claritie Pixie]

11. They created the problem. Now they'll try to take SS to solve it.

[NickB79]

12. Let me guess: time to cut "entitlement programs"?

Aka, Social Security AMD Medicare?

Go for it, you stupid bastards. By 2022, the entire US government would be Democratic and steamrolling over your assessment.