tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549971354391868786.post3734229931502347398..comments2024-03-28T03:00:07.229-04:00Comments on Rational Nation USA: American's Are Overwhelmingly Opposed To Raising the Debt CeilingLes Carpenterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01120280762698472496noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549971354391868786.post-76435606875436171022011-04-23T00:25:32.064-04:002011-04-23T00:25:32.064-04:00Call the O'Man's bluff. We need to get som...Call the O'Man's bluff. We need to get some balls and say... "Okay, we acknowledge we must raise the debt ceiling. However, this cannot go on forever. So... Therefore Mr. pResident first you agree to spending cuts {and they must be deep and will include defense spending}or else go pound sand in Indonesia.Les Carpenterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01120280762698472496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549971354391868786.post-17989456975740207222011-04-23T00:12:06.361-04:002011-04-23T00:12:06.361-04:00I agree, Les, that we need to get our fiscal house...I agree, Les, that we need to get our fiscal house in order. But I don't think that not raising the debt limit is the answer. Even conservatives such as Charles Krauthammer think that this would be a major disaster. Yes, we (as in, we, the American people) should absolutely get something in return for it. But it has to be realistic. The president flat-out isn't going to surrender health-care at this stage. But, yes, maybe some sort of across the board cut or the beginnings of entitlement reform. But, either way, we're going to have to raise the debt ceiling. There just isn't a way out of it. Unfortunately.Will "take no prisoners" Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02315659209094683602noreply@blogger.com