Usually I understand Freeper hysteria pretty well but

[Skip_In_Boulder]

I've got to admit I can't even begin to grasp how they are looking at this debt ceiling issue. The following post brought it into clear focus.

To: qam1
Almost right..any plan over TWO years is a house of cards..because no Congress can bind a future Congress..that's what bothers me about ALL these GOP plans

They need to go back to Boehner's original statement..give Obama a debt increase equal to or more than the amount of spendign spending cuts in the next two years..period.

6 posted on Mon Jul 18 2011 09:53:11 GMT-0600 (Mountain Daylight Time) by ken5050

So let me get this straight. They say that if President Obama would agree to cut spending by say oh, 2 trillion, that they would give him 2 trillion more to spend. O.K., so if that is true what would keep President Obama from taking the additional 2 trillion and then spending it on the items he agreed to cut resulting in a net gain or loss of, well, zero.

Could someone explain this to me?

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2750213/posts

[Bandit]

1. The debt is borrowed money already used.

The debt ceiling is the Official amount of Debt the USA can hold.. When the Debt Ceiling is raised, it is to pay for Debt already accrued. It does not in any way deal with future spending..

[damntexdem]

2. It's simple: rob Peter to pay Paul.

Cut the poor and middle class, spend more on the rich.

[Motown_Johnny]

3. they consider this as meeting him half way,

the problem is that we are trying to make payments on money already borrowed while borrowing more money for the things we need to do to keep the country running.