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Think the vote to raise the debt limit is about principle? Think again. Our new infographic shows stand-alone votes in Congress to raise the debt ceiling over the past decade.

 

In 2003, 2004 and 2006, Republicans controlled everything—the White House, the House of Representatives and the Senate. When the debt limit came up for a vote in the Senate, guess what happened. The vote to raise the debt ceiling came almost totally from Republicans. Same thing was true when the debt ceiling came up for a vote in the House in 2002 and 2004. In June 2002, a year after Sen. Jim Jeffords of Vermont became an Independent, the Senate was narrowly controlled by Democrats but the House was still Republican.) In 2009 and 2010, Democrats controlled everything. So what happened? Votes to raise the debt ceiling came almost entirely from Democrats. When power was divided in 2002 and 2007, the Senate votes to raise the debt ceiling were bipartisan.

 

If there is a principle involved, it seems to be this: whose problem is it?

 

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5101/5637231567_1f27e99510_z.jpg

 

http://www.thirdway.org/publications/387

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This is all just a show for the public. As long as their wallets keep getting padded, they won't care and things won't change. Ask anyone; Democrat, Republican, Independent, Loneybin Inmate, Kindergarten Student, etc. and they'll say you can't save money by throwing it away. But yet our government doesn't understand that? Whatever.
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so you think the federal government should keep up it's reckless spending till in bankrupts :gabe:

 

wont bankrupt, we'll just keep printing money until its worthless. what we essentially are doing is fucking over every hardworking american.

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wont bankrupt, we'll just keep printing money until its worthless. what we essentially are doing is fucking over every hardworking american.

 

Yeah, that was bound to happen. Better trade in those paychecks for gold. GOLD!

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so you think the federal government should keep up it's reckless spending till in bankrupts :gabe:

 

No, I think we should revolt as a people and put someone smart in charge. The teabaggers are nothing but a fad and stunt. Just another political pile of crap.

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No lobbyist would be good, but I'd really like to see term limits for congress in the hope that it takes some of the politics out of things. It would hopefully mean that they'd get some balls and take a stand vs worry about being elected.
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No lobbyist would be good, but I'd really like to see term limits for congress in the hope that it takes some of the politics out of things. It would hopefully mean that they'd get some balls and take a stand vs worry about being elected.

 

100% agree

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