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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]Not sure why pp contends this crisis is a total win for KM. He has a paper thin majority and is being held hostage in his negotiating powers by know nothing right wing extremists. How is this inability to lead in a rational good faith way a win? [/b]
I hope Biden finds a way to move forward with 14th Amendment .

Heather Cox Richardson, May 21, 2023

For all the talk of House speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) negotiating over a budget that Republicans will then approve before they are willing to raise the debt ceiling, he has never had the votes of the extremists that he needs to make that happen. They are demanding that the Democrats dismantle the government programs that protect ordinary Americans in exchange for agreeing not to blow up the world economy.

And so, the battle over democracy has come down to the debt ceiling.

Today, Biden told reporters that he would not agree to the extremists’ demands. “We put forward a proposal that cuts spending by more than a trillion dollars, and on top of the nearly $3 trillion in deficit reduction that I previously proposed through the combination of spending cuts and new revenues,” he said.

“Let me be clear,” he said. “I’m not going to agree to a deal that protects, for example, a $30 billion tax break for the oil industry, which made $200 billion last year—they don’t need an incentive of another $30 billion—while putting healthcare of 21 million Americans at risk by going after Medicaid.

“I’m not going to agree to a deal that protects $200 billion in excess payments for pharmaceutical industries and refusing to count that while cutting over 100,000 schoolteachers and…assistants’ jobs, 30,000 law enforcement officers’ jobs cut across…the entire United States of America.

“And I’m not going to agree to a deal that protects wealthy tax cheats and crypto traders while putting food assistance at risk for nearly… 1 million Americans.

“And it’s time for Republicans to accept that there is no bipartisan deal to be made solely—solely—on their partisan terms. They have to move as well.

“All four congressional leaders agree with me that…default is not—let me say it again—default is not an option. And I expect each of…these leaders…to live up to that commitment.

“America has never defaulted—never defaulted on our debt, and it never will.”[/quote]

This is how it is a win for KM. Republicans control the house by a small margin. The democrats control the senate and the White House. KM has made the dems make cuts to democratic programs. That is a win for a party and leader who controls one chamber of congress. All the “negotiations” are about how much the democratic policies and programs should be cut. If they agree to anything it is a loss for the dems. They are just negotiating how big of a loss it will be.

On top of that all the parties have agreed and said on the record they will not allow a default. So why are the democrats negotiating away their programs? Biden said today he has agreed to a trillion dollars in cuts and he got nothing.[/quote]

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