Thanx for the civics lesson Jerry, but I already know about the Tea Baggers and their stature in Congress. Yes, the Democrats have the Senate and Presidency, but those two alone will not get bills passed. We still need the voice of the House. And the Tea Baggers seem to have a very vocal minority. There are enough of them that even the Republicans in the House who may disagree with them need to consider them when drafting bills, etc.
Once again, I am not saying that we do not need to reign in our spending, I am saying that it is a different issue than raising the debt ceiling. Yes, they are related, but they are still 2 separate issues. Both Republicans and Democrats are responsible for this mess, not just one side or the other. So both sides need to realize (as does the American public) that the only way out of this mess is to tighten the belt a little and raise taxes AND cut spending. Real compromise comes from each side making concessions, not from each side threatening the other until it agrees. On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 10:23 AM, Jerry Barnes <critic...@gmail.com> wrote: > > "What the Tea Baggers are doing is essentially trying to rewrite the fire > evacuation plan while the building is on fire, and refusing to call the fire > department until everyone agrees to their terms. " > > You really are a catch for the left wing spin machine. > > The tea party movement controls nothing. The Democrats control the Senate > and the Presidency. The Republicans controls the house. There is no > official "Tea Party", but those that you would call Tea Party candidates > make up a small portion of the Republicans in the house. > > With proper leadership in congress and from the President, the Tea Party > influence on the debt talk would be negligible. > > J > > - > > The fact that we are here today to debate raising Americas debt limit is a > sign of leadership failure. It is a sign that the U.S. Government cant pay > its own bills. It is a sign that we now depend on ongoing financial > assistance from foreign countries to finance our Governments reckless > fiscal policies. - Barack Obama > > "I refuse to leave our children with a debt that they cannot repay." - > Barrack Obama > > "We cannot simply spend as we please and defer the consequences." - Barrack > Obam > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:340979 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
