Should Congress Increase the National Debt Ceiling?

I tried to answer this once so shall try once more.

The Debt ceiling was raised 10 times during the Bush II, two terms. Where were the Rep. then??? Well, Boehner and Mitch McConnell were rubber stamping, so were our Tx. repr. Kay Bailey H., that other Sen. from Tx. and Neugebaue. All vowing that they were fiscal conservatives, my foot.

The Debt Ceiling was raised in June 2002, May 2003, Nov. 2004 (just after getting re-elected), march 2006, Sept. 2007, July 2008, Oct. 2008, Feb. 2009, April 2009 and Dec. 2009. Obama administration had to raise it immediately after taking office in Jan. 20th 2010, in Feb. 2010 to $11.3, he certainly didn't do that in the two weeks he was in office.

Republicans said "a little debt was good for the economy" Bush II's own words.

My solution would be to close 50% of the bases we have globally, we're just supporting those economies and getting no benefit.

Decrease Congressional salaries by 10% at least maybe even 25%, for total incompetence, might as well make it 50% because they haven't worked but half the time on the people's business and the rest of the time their lining their pockets and the lobbyist, and cut their retirement package which they voted for themselves. They get retirement at full salary after 10 yrs.

Hit the Wall street robber barons with an elimination of their exorbitant retirement golden fleeces packages.

End the two wars immediately, one we should have never been in in the first place, based on purposeful lies.

Where are our statesmen???? Back in the 1880s, the rich tycoons bailed out the govt.

How about each of them contributing a billion.

Cut Defense spending and adopt a balanced budget amendment with taxes back to the Clinton yrs. pay-as-you-go doctrine.

Can't spend more than you take in and pay-as-you-go the way most family budgets work.

That will do for a start. I was on a real roll when I answered the first time but this will be good for a start.

Jean Hayworth of TX 4:38PM July 25, 2011