Will republicans lower our credit score again?

Now that Speaker Boehner has resigned, do you think the tea party republicans in congress will threaten not to pay our bills again and get our credit downgraded again?

 

Boehner was powerless to prevent it last time and will not suddenly grow a set now.

 

The rating was cut, because spending cuts were not enough....

 

I have to admit, this bull(*)(*)(*)(*) spin is almost as impressive as the one MSNBC throws out. Exactly what about the Republican proposal doesn't pay the bills again?

 

I say no, but the democrat in the POTUS chair might do it... again.

 

Its the running up of the bills thats the problem. Dont blame the reps there isnt the money to pay. It seems to me its been a team effort with both sides chipping in.

 

spending more than you make, also lowers your credit score... increasing your credit beyond your income, also lowers your credit score... having to print money in order to pay your bills, lowers your credit score... so why not include all the reasons that lower your credit score, and be angry about them all...

 

Look up "Debt Ceiling". It was the republican congresses playing chicken with the debt ceiling last time that got the credit rating downgraded. And now we will have another debt ceiling crisis in about a month if they don't pass a debt ceiling increase... Which if they don't, they don't pay our bills, and the credit rating goes down big time if they actually start defaulting on our debts.

 

Of course. They'd burn the country to ashes to get their way.

 

You mean it had NOTHING to do with Uncle Harry Reid refusing to allow several continuing resolutions passed by the House to go to Obama for a at least a Veto? Yea, that's only the Republicans. Sorry, but YOUR team is a bunch of losers too.

 

Also it takes at least 2 to play chicken

 

Brilliant observation. But if you had read my post, it said as much.

 

There is a certain subset of Republicans who think ruining the country's credit rating will be a good thing. Some members of congress have to answer to them and those members will be lauded if they manage to shut things down. I think the government will be shut down again.

 

In the long run does it really matter?

 

Like the last time, it's all up to Obama and the Democrats, they make the final decision.

 

I realize that you will continue to ignore any evidence put forth that goes against your narrative but literally the third post in someone posted why in fact Moody's downgraded and it was because of deficit spending not because of the stand off. We had budget fights in the 90s as well and nothing happened it happened becuase of DEBT......not the stand off. Do you understand now or does someone have to mail you a box of clues?

 

The government should not spend money, it does not have.

This isnt rocket science.

 

Why not?

 

The most MASSIVE LIE told by the media is that if Congress sends the President a budget and the President vetoes it, it is Congress fault there is no budget - when it is solely the President's fault.

That is such a massive lie by the media - and people accept that obvious lie as true - that the legitimacy of the media and democracy is highly questionable. If the Democrat media and Democratic Party can tell voters that up is down and left is right with most people then agreeing what reality is there left?

 

It certainly has been a problem with every republican administration, since every one for the last 30 years have increased deficits... increased spending, and cut taxes at the same time. Certainly republican congress never blinked an eye as they started 2 wars and cut taxes while raising the debt limit multiple times during the last presidents term.....

The point is that you can't sign up for a 2 year contract with comcast or verizon, sign a contract and then later just say, I will keep the service but not pay the bill. If you want to cut costs, you don't stop paying your bills, you have to stop your spending to begin with... I whole heartily agree, cut spending. I think the military should be cut by half over the next decade or so... Close most overseas bases. Stop some extravagant funding and corporate welfare, and then tax at a rate that pays for what you need... republicans also miss that part... Taxes are at record lows, and they want to cut taxes, spend on the military, and then claim it is others who create the deficits and debt.

 

The problem is both parties wont touch the real problem the part of the budget that you can not touch with all those liberal unconstitutional things like SS Medicare and welfare that are to blame

Mandatory spending on these things is far and away the biggest and fastest growing part of the budget.

 

This is a false dilemma - this is like asking, "do you still beat your wife?" The GOP didn't cause the shutdown. The Democrats wouldn't pass a bill which would reduce the deficit, and so the government was shutdown. It takes two to tango - neither caved into the other, and so the government shutdown. Who you blame it on is simply a reflection of which side you're on.

 

As the founders intended

 

Not true. There is a legislative process to pass legislation... If you can't get your bill passed through the legislative process, so you tack it on to some critical other bill, like raising the debt limit, then you are trying to blackmail the country by holding it hostage... your right, whichever party does this is to blame... but it was the republicans insisting on repealing Obamacare last time, and I am speculating it will happen again.

 

Well actually you're just factually mistaken. The Republicans didn't demand that Obamacare be repealed, but that costly measures be delayed. And it turns out, the legislative action to raise the debt ceiling is a part of the "legislative process to pass legislation". Raising the debt ceiling is an act of legislation. It isn't blackmail - Obama was against raising the debt ceiling before he was President.