Dems Think Outside The Box Regarding The Debt Ceiling

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  • BFT3K
    Too lazy to set a custom title
    • Dec 2005
    • 10764
    #1

    Dems Think Outside The Box Regarding The Debt Ceiling

    14th Amendment: Democratic Senators See Debt Ceiling As Unconstitutional



    By declaring the debt ceiling unconstitutional, the White House could continue to meet its financial obligations, leaving Tea Party-backed Republicans in the difficult position of arguing against the plain wording of the Constitution. Bipartisan negotiators are debating the size of the cuts, now in the trillions, that will come along with raising the debt ceiling.

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    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/0..._n_886442.html
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    • jigg
      Confirmed User
      • Feb 2002
      • 2527
      #2
      aaah... ok?

      well technically the currency, the US dollar, belongs to the people but as it currently stands now the FED claims ownership of the dollar and we have to borrow money from them so...
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      eight,eight,two,eight,eight,four,two
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        • Rochard
          Jägermeister Test Pilot
          • Dec 2001
          • 75772
          #3
          What our government needs to do is put a new tax on everything coming from China. Bam.

          I'm not into POT myself, but it seems to me like it would be a lot better to make it legal and then tax it.

          Problems solved.
          Herschel Savage
          Brooklyn, NY

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            • BFT3K
              Too lazy to set a custom title
              • Dec 2005
              • 10764
              #4
              As I've already stated in another thread, this is a HUGE potato...

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                • jigg
                  Confirmed User
                  • Feb 2002
                  • 2527
                  #5
                  Originally posted by Rochard
                  What our government needs to do is put a new tax on everything coming from China. Bam.

                  I'm not into POT myself, but it seems to me like it would be a lot better to make it legal and then tax it.

                  Problems solved.
                  taxing China specific import would probably spark a trade war, and we don't exactly have anything for leverage considering how little we produce anything tangible in the US
                  ......
                  eight,eight,two,eight,eight,four,two
                  ......

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                    • baddog
                      So Fucking Banned
                      • Apr 2001
                      • 107089
                      #6
                      And you see this as a good thing, or am I misinterpreting?

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