Ted Cruz: It Would Be 'Irresponsible' To Raise Debt Limit Without Spending Cuts

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Ted Cruz: It Would Be 'Irresponsible' To Raise Debt Limit Without Spending Cuts

By Susan Cornwell at the Huffington Post


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/10/ted-cruz-debt-limit_n_4761927.html?utm_hp_ref=politics

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WASHINGTON, Feb 10 (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Ted Cruz, the Tea Party firebrand who egged on Republicans in the House of Representatives during last year's government shutdown battle, said on Monday it would be "irresponsible" for Congress to grant President Barack Obama a debt limit increase without spending reforms.

Cruz, who spoke to reporters after remarks at the Heritage Foundation think tank, said he hoped the House would not "go down that road" of agreeing to an increase in the government's borrowing authority without demanding measures to rein in long-term deficits.

"President Obama is asking Congress to give him a blank check to allow him to keep maxing out the credit card without doing anything to fix the problem. I think that's irresponsible," Cruz said.



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[applegrove]

1. Now the GOP knows how it feels to have a bunch of crazies off to the right destroying anything.

For his own self promoting reasons. LOL! It is a mirror being held up to the GOP.

[Pretzel_Warrior]

2. Well, Ted

Fuck off. The Senate and House GOP are not following you over the cliff this time, ass clown.

[Wolf Frankula]

3. I Agree

Let's cut Congressional salaries, aid to Israel, corporate subsidies and handouts to rich farmers.

Wolf

[Armstead]

4. It's good to know they have a circular firing squad too /nt

[VanillaRhapsody]

5. Here we go again...weeeeee!

Somebody take this knucklehead round back to the woodshed and teach him a thing or two please....

[The Wielding Truth]

8. Just tell him what the debt ceiling really is and that screwing with it is a big no-no.

[VanillaRhapsody]

12. Obviously, he didn't take that to heart the first time he did it and we told him...

which is why this knucklehead needs to have someone whack some sense into him apparently!

[The Wielding Truth]

15. I think that the only thing he listens to is money. Who is sponsoring this idiotic behavior?

His actions are actually putting our economy in danger. This is treasonous.

[dionysus]

6. it'd be "Irresponsible" to pimp slap cruz if i ever saw him, but it'd feel good.

[dionysus]

7. no, asshole, he's trying to pay the credit card bill...

[oldandhappy]

9. You added monstrously to the debt

when you shut down the gov. You have very little air space in which to talk.

[spanone]

10. the cruz you do not want to take.......

fuck the ted

[mindwalker_i]

11. Cut Congress's saleries

They are making a point of not doing shit anyway.

[Rex]

13. Too early, stay in your hole for a few more months please!

[aquart]

14. Teddy, you paying back the $24 billion you wasted would be a big help.

In any event you no longer have the right to talk about out of control spending.

[Historic NY]

16. So he wants to touch the 3rd rail again.....

isn't he still a Canadian.

[neverforget]

17. Except under Republican Presidents, then it's the best thing evah!!

Trickle down for everybody!!

[Elwood P Dowd]

18. Yep, Bush Jr raised the debt limit and INCREASED spending. That must be mega irresponsible.

Why don't the idiots in the so called "liberal media" point that little fact out?

[Are_grits_groceries]

19. Remember those 800,000 year old footprints that were found?

They were his.

[Warren DeMontague]

20. Isnt that exactly what he said last time, verbatim?

Hey Ted: your head is still shaped like a weird lima bean.