tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8537045684820674531.post1183614842639552827..comments2023-12-22T15:54:02.289-08:00Comments on Consider The Source: It's the Debt Ceiling, Stupidmikeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13057701313718589322noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8537045684820674531.post-22788271636130147842012-12-25T19:41:24.320-08:002012-12-25T19:41:24.320-08:00If the "my offer is nothing" bit is true...If the "my offer is nothing" bit is true then maybe terrible things won't happen.Substance McGravitashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04118764163822188800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8537045684820674531.post-29813939216500982202012-12-23T09:01:40.258-08:002012-12-23T09:01:40.258-08:00But the good news, Thunder, is that's just not...But the good news, Thunder, is that's just not what this fight is about. This is about the debt ceiling itself - it's almost recursive when you think about it. Obama has to make sure that weapon is eliminated NOW - so it stops being about arguing about spending cuts and becomes about the ceiling law itself. So while the olds and the poors are on the table for the fiscal cliff, they're entirely safe in the debt ceiling fight...<br />mikeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13057701313718589322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8537045684820674531.post-30839656223044402892012-12-22T21:18:51.660-08:002012-12-22T21:18:51.660-08:00It's hard to see how it's all going to pla...<i>It's hard to see how it's all going to play out, but it's going to be very loud, very messy and quite probably destructive to lives and families.</i><br /><br />And all the serious people...the <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/president-obamas-opportunity-on-the-fiscal-cliff/2012/12/21/6f746a74-4b7c-11e2-b709-667035ff9029_story.html" rel="nofollow">Fred Hiatts</a>, the <a href="http://globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com/2012/12/20/left-cant-stick-heads-in-the-sand-on-entitlement-reform/" rel="nofollow">Fareed Zakarias</a>...are sure that the answer is sticking it to the olds and the poors.<br />~ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®©https://www.blogger.com/profile/06252371815131259831noreply@blogger.com