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Barney Frank: Note to Ryan: Drop The Hollier-Than Thou Budget AttitudeMain Sunday Telegram
http://www.pressherald.com/opinion/Note_to_Ryan__Drop_the_holier-than-thou_budget_attitude_.html?pagenum=full
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Apparently concerned that many of their most ardent political supporters are unhappy when Washington functions well, many Republican leaders, including those who helped put together the recent compromise to keep the government funded throughout next year, are threatening once again to refuse to raise the debt limit unless they get major concessions.
This is disappointing.
I had thought after virtually all leaders of economic activity in America, including strong Republican supporters in the business community, made it clear that even threatening to prevent America from paying all of our debts on time would be economically damaging, the Republican leadership got the point.
In addition to being an economically foolish proposal, this threat also lacks any moral justification. The argument is, from Rep. Paul Ryan, for example, that President Obama and congressional Democrats must give the Republicans something in return for their allowing America to pay our bills. The implicit assumption here is that Democrats are responsible for the debts, and we are asking Republicans to pay them as a favor to us.
Wrong.
Ryan voted to incur much more of the current debt than I did. He voted for the war in Iraq; I voted against it. He voted for President Bushs prescription drug program; I voted against it. He voted for the Bush tax cuts; I voted against them. It is true there are areas in the federal budget when I am for spending more than he is, but the fact is unfortunately, from my standpoint I have been much less successful in pushing the bills that I support that would have added to the debt than he has been. So the argument that my former Democratic congressional colleagues will owe him if he agrees to pay the debt that he did so much to run up is nonsense.
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Cha
(295,899 posts)Glad Barney Frank is still out there writing about Reality.. we need all the help we can get, applegrove!
"Ryan voted to incur much more of the current debt than I did. He voted for the war in Iraq; I voted against it. He voted for President Bushs prescription drug program; I voted against it. He voted for the Bush tax cuts; I voted against them. It is true there are areas in the federal budget when I am for spending more than he is, but the fact is unfortunately, from my standpoint I have been much less successful in pushing the bills that I support that would have added to the debt than he has been. So the argument that my former Democratic congressional colleagues will owe him if he agrees to pay the debt that he did so much to run up is nonsense."
Thank you~
freshwest
(53,661 posts)Cha
(295,899 posts)been in the trenches. So, he has a compelling grasp of what's going on in today's fascist, psychopathic rw congress.
I wish I were exaggerating. You can't exaggerate with these monsters.. they're already there.
dionysus
(26,467 posts)applegrove
(118,006 posts)is feigned outrage. As always, the GOP use the tools of a sociopath.
Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)A typical hypocritical Republican asshole.
Scuba
(53,475 posts)johnnyreb
(915 posts)And thank you sir!!
Martin Eden
(12,801 posts)Republicans ran up the deficit, and have no credibility as deficit hawks.
kentuck
(110,947 posts)So nice to hear sometimes.