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Sunday, July 31, 2011 2:50 PM
DREAMTROVE
Quote:A Democratic official tells The Associated Press that the White House and Republicans in Congress have reached a debt deal to prevent the first government default in U.S. history. The official said House Speaker John Boehner and President Barack Obama spoke by phone Sunday evening. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the deal has not yet been announced. Obama was to go on TV at 8:40 p.m. EDT.
Sunday, July 31, 2011 3:28 PM
Quote:President Barack Obama announced that an agreement with Republicans has been struck to raise the debt ceiling. The agreement now awaits approval by Congress, which could happen as early as Monday. The debt ceiling raise would happen in exchange for $1 trillion in spending cuts over the next ten years, Mr. Obama said. Mr. Obama said the deal will result in the lowest level of domestic spending since the Eisenhower administration in the 1950s, but still allow the U.S. to create jobs. Still clinging to his idea of a balanced approach, Obama said "we have to ask wealthiest Americans to give up tax breaks," as well as make modest adjustments to entitlement programs like Medicare and Medicaid. The second part of the agreement reached was a previously mentioned bipartisan Congressional committee, which will report back by November with a proposal to further reduce the deficit. Their proposals will then be put in front of congress for up or down vote.
Monday, August 1, 2011 1:21 PM
NIKI2
Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...
Monday, August 1, 2011 1:27 PM
M52NICKERSON
DALEK!
Monday, August 1, 2011 1:32 PM
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KWICKO
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." -- William Casey, Reagan's presidential campaign manager & CIA Director (from first staff meeting in 1981)
Quote:With this context, it is astonishing that apparently nobody has bothered to read the text of Public Debt Law of 1941 itself, embodied in 31 USC 3101, which is what codifies a national debt limit. That law states that "The face amount of obligations issued under this chapter and the face amount of obligations whose principal and interest are guaranteed by the United States Government (except guaranteed obligations held by the Secretary of the Treasury) may not be more than [some arbitrary huge number] . . . " Please take careful note of the words "EXCEPT guaranteed obligations held by the Secretary of The Treasury". By undeniably clear law as passed by Congress, such obligations are NOT constrained by any so-called debt limit. Now all you have to do is run your finger down to the very next section 31 USC 3102 [Bonds] and you will read "With the approval of the President, the Secretary of the Treasury may borrow on the credit of the United States Government amounts necessary for expenditures authorized by law . . . " By this section Congress gives the President the EXPRESS, inherent and unilateral authority to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to incur obligations to cover all expenditures authorized by law, which is to say the sum of the appropriations bills Congress has already passed.
Tuesday, August 2, 2011 1:18 AM
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BYTEMITE
Tuesday, August 2, 2011 7:19 AM
Tuesday, August 2, 2011 7:25 AM
PIRATENEWS
John Lee, conspiracy therapist at Hollywood award-winner History Channel-mocked SNL-spoofed PirateNew.org wooHOO!!!!!!
Tuesday, August 2, 2011 8:41 AM
Tuesday, August 2, 2011 8:59 AM
Quote:Originally posted by Bytemite: What exports? Guns, bullets, and artillery? Most of our manufacturing is overseas. Maybe you mean the hardwork, intelligence, and innovation of our college graduates - oh wait. I'm thinking of India. Individually we have some bright people in America, but generally, we're not making much anymore or revolutionizing anything.
Tuesday, August 2, 2011 9:03 AM
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Tuesday, August 2, 2011 9:23 AM
Quote:The point is that the US is still one of the largest exporters in the world.
Tuesday, August 2, 2011 9:35 AM
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Quote:Yes everything is bad in sufficient doses. Many of those things are also good at lower doses. Without some of those chemicals we don't grow enough food to feed everyone.
Tuesday, August 2, 2011 10:17 AM
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Quote:Originally posted by piratenews: I have more money in my bank account than the US Govt has in its bank account.
Wednesday, August 3, 2011 1:52 AM
Quote:Originally posted by Bytemite: Eww, supercommittee. Although, the spending cap could be a disincentive to go to war. Unfortunately, they'll probably cut social programs and infrastructure instead.
Wednesday, August 3, 2011 5:56 AM
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