McCarthy says Republicans are 'nowhere
near' debt limit deal with Biden: Talks
appear to stall YET AGAIN - as GOP tears
into White House for trying to sneak in
more taxes with nine days until default
Daily Mail (UK),
by
Geoff Earle
Original Article
Posted By: Imright,
5/23/2023 11:52:51 PM
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said Tuesday the two sides are 'nowhere near' a deal that would avoid a U.S. default, just hours after both he and President Joe Biden declared negotiators had made progress.
Even as negotiators for the White House and the speaker's office sat down again in earnest Tuesday, the messaging war ramped up as McCarthy issued a memo titled 'reasonable Republicans and default Democrats' that blasted Biden for failing to engage in talks sooner.
'Make no mistake: any default would be the Biden Default,' he wrote.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
Catherine 5/24/2023 12:40:25 AM (No. 1476188)
All I have to say about this is they have no idea what they will have started if millions don't get their social security checks on the 3rd. They can play games all they want but those checks are all some have to live on. It won't be pretty.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
usmc0302 5/24/2023 2:18:14 AM (No. 1476195)
#1 I collect both SS and a military pension so I’ll be hopping mad if the country defaults. You can wager the communist Congress critters will get paid.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
FJB 2022 23 24 5/24/2023 2:41:23 AM (No. 1476197)
#1hit the nail on the head, SS is all so many people have and it still is so hard to even live off of that because of the Biden economy and now he is playing chicken with the livelihood of seniors and the disabled. He doesn't care, it is all power and ego for him and his party. People need to wake up to his lies and Somebobetter remember this in 2024, the people he screwed over and their families and the fact he is willing to take care of his illegals more than the American people who have worked hard all their lives for that little SS check and fought for the military pensions. He has ruined this country in countless ways and now he is trying to finish us off. God help us. MAGA
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
EJKrausJr 5/24/2023 3:44:31 AM (No. 1476206)
Better now than later. We haven't become Venezuela, yet. But we are moving pretty fast towards that state of affairs. BTW, the Social Security fund has been raided constantly by the Congress critters. Payouts are made to individuals who haven't paid into the system. The SS Ponzi scheme has long run out of real money. Currently it is paid with Monopoly money.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Rinktum 5/24/2023 4:12:56 AM (No. 1476212)
#4, That is not the fault of Americans who put their faith in the government to honor their promise to seniors and veterans. These corruptocrats gleefully give themselves raises, dole out billions to illegal aliens and actually fund pensions in Ukraine but will cut off Social Security and Veteran’s pensions in a heart beat. What is it going to take for the American people to say enough? We pay our taxes and obey the law, and we always take the hit while these criminals in Washington live the high life gaming the system and selling out the country.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
NullUnit60 5/24/2023 4:24:38 AM (No. 1476216)
#5, ditto.
Personally, I hope it all fails to get funded. ALL OF IT!!!
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
janjan 5/24/2023 7:50:16 AM (No. 1476304)
The Republicans are taking pennies off the debt with these spending cuts. This is a political battle to see who caves. McCarthy can’t afford to. He’d probably be removed as Speaker. The Democrats know this. Biden will have to cave. That’s my prediction. Of course they will all spin it as a ‘win’. Don’t fall for it.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
bighambone 5/24/2023 9:01:07 AM (No. 1476337)
I would say that the 101% politically partisan Biden, chances are, while openly pushing the wimpy Republicans right up to the deadline, is behind the scene’s negotiating a what will be deal with his old Senate buddy McConnell, that will in effect amount to another Republican “cave” to Biden’s and the leftist Democrat’s demands as most always has occurred in the past, leading to a dramatic announcement where Biden will take credit for essentially kicking the so-called extreme congressional MAGA Republicans in the pants. Biden will never legitimately negotiate with McCarthy as long as McCarthy follows an openly conservative and Republican line that Biden calls extreme MAGA. That’s how the “big guy” operates. Let’s see what happens when the deadline comes along.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
DVC 5/24/2023 10:53:04 AM (No. 1476436)
Re #1, NOTHING, I repeat, nothing will interfere with SS checks, absolutely guaranteed.
That is the old "boogey man" that they throw out. It's not going to happen because there is always plenty of money for SS, even if there isn't enough for other things.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
columba 5/24/2023 11:16:06 AM (No. 1476471)
I used to have a wife who constantly spent more than I made.
That did not work out either.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
AnotherYank 5/24/2023 2:10:00 PM (No. 1476623)
When this happened under Obama, Obama instantly stopped payment to the Military. It's unbelievable the lengths the Democrats will go to screw over those most deserving and legitimately owed money -- first. Naturally, the Republicans caved immediately.
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