Michelle Bachmann speaks:
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/exclusive/romney-stays-fray-fiery-iowa-debate-115108119.html
...Bachmann boasted that she opposed lifting the debt ceiling at all and suggested the S&P downgrade was a vindication of her position. (Earlier in the day, S&P had actually said the opposite.) Sen. Rick Santorum chastised Bachmann, arguing that her brand of leadership was merely "showmanship" and wouldn't work in the real world.
http://www.slate.com/id/2301160/
"What we saw last week is the markets agreed with me," says Bachmann. "The markets saw what happened in Washington when Obama got a $2.4 trillion check. And one thing you learned is you can't fool the markets! The politicians were busy applauding themselves! They were patting each other on the back! They were saying, 'Didn't we do a great job! We just raised the debt ceiling!' How did that make you feel?"
It was my understanding that President Obama received the OK to pay the bills Congress had already incurred. It was not new things being spent on. How... odd... is that woman?
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Very.
They say the debt ceiling has been a non-issue heretofore. Reps made it a fight.
It was not an issue, and I think the reason was that the bills coming dues were the ones incurred by the present Congress and those preceding; if the debt went up, it went up due to previous spending bills, not future spending bills.
Bachmann sees something wrong in handing the President money to pay the bills that her Congress and one previous have agreed to!
She is one of those people who understands things through the notion that Government should be run like a business.
If Government is run like a Business, Business should be run like the Government.
She has spoken in favor of government default, so she must approve of all defaults, including on one's mortgage!
She has spoken in favor of not paying government bills, so she must approve of businesses and individuals not paying their bills.
Can you imagine what the world would be like if she were President?
The double standard becomes starker and starker. No, let's not imagine her president. But as before (with others), maybe if she keeps talking, the insanity of her thinking will show itself more and more, and people who aren't awake will wake up to it.
Who will wake the sleepers?
Who will rouse them to wake up and pay attention?
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