Gauging the Republican freshmen

AMonger

Veteran Expediter
Wonder just how fiscally conservative the incoming Republican congressmen are? We're going to find out soon.

From blog.lewrockwell.com:
If the Republicans Were Really Anti-Deficit…

Posted by Lew Rockwell on January 2, 2011 02:05 PM
…they would refuse to raise the national debt limit, which would stop all deficit spending immediately. According to Bloomberg: “The government is slated to hit the legal limit on borrowing, $14.3 trillion, early this year. Congress must agree to raise that ceiling or the U.S. could be forced to default on its obligations.” But that is not true. Congress would have to cut spending dramatically to prevent a default, though a default would be great too, as Murray Rothbard argued. Needless to say, the Republicans—minus Ron Paul—will vote to raise the debt limit. Talk otherwise is just a game.
 

layoutshooter

Veteran Expediter
Retired Expediter
ReBumLiCan or Dumb-O-Crat, I doubt we will see any REAL difference. We can HOPE for CHANGE but we are talking Washington, D.C. here. That place can turn gold into sewer scum in short order. Our best chance to straighten out this mess would be to have an alien space craft cart off the entire government at one time. THEN we could start over.
 

RLENT

Veteran Expediter
That place can turn gold into sewer scum in short order. Our best chance to straighten out this mess would be to have an alien space craft cart off the entire government at one time. THEN we could start over.
Layout,

You're crackin' me up :D .... but I gotta tell ya: I really like the idea ;)
 
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