Do you believe Mitch McConnell is using Shock Doctrine tactic so as to manipulate the people with

[Uncle Joe]

fear and stress into making stupid decisions on behalf of the oligarchs and mega-corporations while screwing our democratic republic and the public good?

Biden singled out McConnell on Monday for the GOP leader’s insistence that Democrats raise the federal borrowing limit on their own. Continued efforts to block bipartisan legislation on the debt ceiling, the president argued, would make Republicans responsible for the financial consequences.

Speaking to reporters following a speech on the fiscal standoff, Biden said he cannot guarantee that the U.S. will be able to pay its bills past Oct. 18 if GOP senators are unwilling to clear a path to keep the country solvent.

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The U.S. is on track to default on the national debt by Oct. 18, the date at which Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said the government will run out of the cash and accounting measures necessary to stay solvent. While Republicans voted to raise the debt ceiling three times under former President Trump, they’ve blocked several Democratic attempts to do so.

Senate Republicans last week blocked a House-passed bill to extend government funding and raise the debt limit and later an attempt from Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) to pass a debt ceiling suspension by unanimous consent. The House passed its own measure to suspend the debt ceiling last week, and Schumer is expected to bring it up for a vote this week.

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https://thehill.com/policy/finance/575169-biden-blasts-mcconnell-gop-on-dangerous-debt-ceiling-gambit

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shock_Doctrine

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[msongs]

1. schumer should make senate repubs vote no on this 10X a day for the nex week nt

[empedocles]

2. Yes