Comments on: Abolish The Debt Ceiling http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/09/23/abolish-the-debt-ceiling/ Reality-based political commentary Mon, 13 Apr 2026 00:20:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: ChrisWeigant.com » Debt Ceiling Hostage-Taking Will Happen Again And Again http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/09/23/abolish-the-debt-ceiling/#comment-180700 ChrisWeigant.com » Debt Ceiling Hostage-Taking Will Happen Again And Again Wed, 06 Oct 2021 22:41:21 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=21019#comment-180700 [...] Abolish The Debt Ceiling [...] [...] Abolish The Debt Ceiling [...]

]]> By: ChrisWeigant.com » Friday Talking Points -- Crunch Time http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/09/23/abolish-the-debt-ceiling/#comment-180475 ChrisWeigant.com » Friday Talking Points -- Crunch Time Fri, 24 Sep 2021 23:58:45 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=21019#comment-180475 [...] Abolish The Debt Ceiling [...] [...] Abolish The Debt Ceiling [...]

]]> By: BashiBazouk http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/09/23/abolish-the-debt-ceiling/#comment-180473 BashiBazouk Fri, 24 Sep 2021 16:51:26 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=21019#comment-180473 But Don, after writing "hundreds of articles", you have proven capable of so much less... But Don, after writing "hundreds of articles", you have proven capable of so much less...

]]> By: nypoet22 http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/09/23/abolish-the-debt-ceiling/#comment-180471 nypoet22 Fri, 24 Sep 2021 15:12:34 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=21019#comment-180471 @don, a typical dodge. obviously you're unable to present a counter-argument to pie, so you just throw around accusations of trolling. nobody buys your cake-o-crat argument. it's all just obvious horse pastry. JL @don,

a typical dodge. obviously you're unable to present a counter-argument to pie, so you just throw around accusations of trolling. nobody buys your cake-o-crat argument. it's all just obvious horse pastry.

JL

]]> By: nypoet22 http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/09/23/abolish-the-debt-ceiling/#comment-180467 nypoet22 Fri, 24 Sep 2021 12:40:38 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=21019#comment-180467 don, you are criticizing pie for what it is not, instead of addressing the true issue of pie-based voting for what it is. when will your cake-based dodges end? don, you are criticizing pie for what it is not, instead of addressing the true issue of pie-based voting for what it is. when will your cake-based dodges end?

]]> By: MtnCaddy http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/09/23/abolish-the-debt-ceiling/#comment-180463 MtnCaddy Fri, 24 Sep 2021 04:33:16 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=21019#comment-180463 FPC [7] <b> C. R. Stucki</b> wrote, <i>...the guys responsible for naming plagues will move on the the Sumerian alphabet, or some such.</i> Hey Stuck, if you're working the outraged Republican shtick these days, shouldn't you demand that it be the <b>Chinese</b> alphabet? FPC
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C. R. Stucki wrote,

...the guys responsible for naming plagues will move on the the Sumerian alphabet, or some such.

Hey Stuck, if you're working the outraged Republican shtick these days, shouldn't you demand that it be the Chinese alphabet?

]]> By: MtnCaddy http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/09/23/abolish-the-debt-ceiling/#comment-180462 MtnCaddy Fri, 24 Sep 2021 03:28:02 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=21019#comment-180462 [6] Help me out here. Please to explain, Sir. I'd hate to have to throw up hands and declare, (get ready for it) <i>Humbug -- let them eat cake! [6]

Help me out here. Please to explain, Sir. I'd hate to have to throw up hands and declare,

(get ready for it)

Humbug -- let them eat cake!

]]> By: MtnCaddy http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/09/23/abolish-the-debt-ceiling/#comment-180461 MtnCaddy Fri, 24 Sep 2021 03:23:13 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=21019#comment-180461 I read a <i>Congressional Quarterly</i> analysis of removing the cap and it would <b>fund Social Security for the rest of the century. I read a Congressional Quarterly analysis of removing the cap and it would fund Social Security for the rest of the century.

]]> By: MtnCaddy http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/09/23/abolish-the-debt-ceiling/#comment-180460 MtnCaddy Fri, 24 Sep 2021 03:20:21 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=21019#comment-180460 K, nypoet22 SINCE we have Deathocrats and Republikillers, which, Sir, are you? <b> A Piekiller? Or a Piecratic Anarchist? Pie-o-crat? K, nypoet22

SINCE we have Deathocrats and Republikillers, which, Sir, are you?


A Piekiller?

Or a Piecratic Anarchist? Pie-o-crat?

]]> By: MtnCaddy http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/09/23/abolish-the-debt-ceiling/#comment-180459 MtnCaddy Fri, 24 Sep 2021 03:15:29 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=21019#comment-180459 It seems that the Debt Limit was concocted for the two world wars <i>to give the President the authority, subject to the consent of Congress, to get the Treasury to issue debt quickly in the event of a national emergency.</i> Newt "Spawn of Satan" Gingrich weaponized it starting in the mid-90s, and it's been a GQP cudgel ever since. It seems that the Debt Limit was concocted for the two world wars to give the President the authority, subject to the consent of Congress, to get the Treasury to issue debt quickly in the event of a national emergency. Newt "Spawn of Satan" Gingrich weaponized it starting in the mid-90s, and it's been a GQP cudgel ever since.

]]> By: MtnCaddy http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/09/23/abolish-the-debt-ceiling/#comment-180458 MtnCaddy Fri, 24 Sep 2021 03:10:07 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=21019#comment-180458 <i>schmuckery?</i> I <i>knew</i> schmuckery was a real word and a good general description of certain conduct. It's too good an invention for me to have dreamed it up and incorporated it into my vocabulary. Legions have surely beaten me to it. schmuckery?

I knew schmuckery was a real word and a good general description of certain conduct. It's too good an invention for me to have dreamed it up and incorporated it into my vocabulary. Legions have surely beaten me to it.

]]> By: andygaus http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/09/23/abolish-the-debt-ceiling/#comment-180456 andygaus Fri, 24 Sep 2021 01:32:22 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=21019#comment-180456 I don't understand why, if we have a debt ceiling, it isn't enforced when spending bills are passed. If the spending cap is a billion and we've already allocated 999 million, then a bill to spend another 2 million should be declared out of order. I don't understand why, if we have a debt ceiling, it isn't enforced when spending bills are passed. If the spending cap is a billion and we've already allocated 999 million, then a bill to spend another 2 million should be declared out of order.

]]> By: nypoet22 http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/09/23/abolish-the-debt-ceiling/#comment-180455 nypoet22 Fri, 24 Sep 2021 00:49:37 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=21019#comment-180455 but mostly pie. but mostly pie.

]]> By: nypoet22 http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/09/23/abolish-the-debt-ceiling/#comment-180454 nypoet22 Thu, 23 Sep 2021 23:26:24 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=21019#comment-180454 it's like.... pie! or like scrapping the cap on social security tax. either one. it's like.... pie! or like scrapping the cap on social security tax. either one.

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