Reply #11: The problem that I have with all this is that ... [View All]

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Obama has shown his hand.

Right now since the Repugs have refused anything that Obama has
put on the table with concerns to SS and MediCare, because the
Repugs don't want their over-lords to pay 1 extra penny in tax.

If Obama were to get a clean bill to raise the debt limit; come
September when negotiations for the 2012 budget start in earnest,
they will demand all those cuts to SS and MediCare back on the
table. This time with no debt limit time table to hold them back
they will sit on their hands until Obama caves in. And, he will
cave in, because he wants to be considered "The Great Compromiser"
(if there is such a word).