POLL: 70 Percent Of GOP Voters Oppose Raising The Debt Ceiling

[sasha031]

Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives are increasingly dismissive of Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner's warnings that Congress must raise the debt limit prior to August 2nd or risk economic "catastrophe."
The WSJ reports today that a growing number conservative lawmakers - included a number of freshman Republicans who campaigned against raising the $14.3 trillion debt limit - say Geithner is exaggerating the potential danger. They argue that by shifting money around and making spending cuts, the U.S. can avoid default.
Republican leaders are alarmed by the lack of urgency. They are now holding "listening sessions" to try and instill an awareness of the potential consequences of a U.S. default.
Skepticism among Congressmen and s likely fueled - at least in part - by voter opposition to increasing the debt limit. According to a new Gallup poll, nearly half of Americans - and an overwhelming majority of Republican voters - want their Congressional representatives to vote against raising the ceiling.


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typical "moran" repug's , what will they do when their SS and Medicare payments stop. interest rates jump to 30%. who will they blame then

[OHdem10]

1. This illustrates that the GOP has done a poor job of explaining

what the debt ceiling is and the serious implications
of not raising it.

In other words , they (GOP on the Hill) will do what
the base says. My oh My , the Base could line them
up on the highest bridge and tell them to jump to
death and they would obediently do it.

No, they had best get busy telling the base the
facts of life in D.C.

This is the direct result of that ghastly comparison
of the Government Budget to sitting around the kitchen
table resloving the family budget. There is no comparison.
Maybe a cutesy bumper sticker but dangerous .

Tfhe Republicans have their work cut out educating their
base.

[socialist_n_TN]

2. That won't matter either. Wall Street wants the debt limit

raised, so it WILL be raised no matter what the PEOPLE of either party want. Now if Wall Street can get the debt limit raised AND gut the social safety net, that would be ideal. For them.

[OHdem10]

7. While, I have lost no love on Wall Streeters, Wall Street wants

stability above all else. STABILITY STABILITY STABILITY.

Wall Street knows destroying social safety net destroys
stability in the country which in turn ruins them.

This is why Wall Street if they could, would have
divided government all the time. Divided Government
in their view gives Democrats the power to push back.
They know GOP favors business but they realize the
need for Democrats to protect the working class.

Yes Wall St. is greedy and can be corrupt but they
also want stability above all else. Stability
usually brings certainty.

[socialist_n_TN]

9. I disagree. At some points in the past this MIGHT

have been true, but no longer. IF it ever was true. Wall Street prefers the stability of fascism rather than the mess of democracy as the ideal state.

And the ONLY time that Wall Street cares about the working class is when they sort of rise up to challenge their dictatorship. But they've got to be SCARED like they were in the 30s. They're not that scared yet. Ergo, they could care LESS about the working class.

[Atman]

3. 70% of GOP voters are ignorant fools with no knowledge of world financial markets.

Jesus, they're gonna take the whole fucking country down with them on the S.S. Stupidfuck. Well, as long as they can outlaw abortion and get rid of Medicare, I guess it's worth it.

:eyes:

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[catbyte]

10. Well, everybody's Medicare except their own

[dkf]

4. This is like how the bank used to simply raise your credit card limit when you bumped into it.

But now they have stopped and refuse to do so.

It does seem disingenuous to think we can raise the debt limit and then things are just fine. I wish we had a plan to get things in order but I guess that is too much to hope for.

[JBoy]

5. Why does this image come to mind?

[jtown1123]

6. 70% of these assturds can welcome a global economic collapse

[Aerows]

8. If the debt ceiling

isn't raised (which is will be because Wall Street will demand it/do it anyway - he who controls the purse strings runs the government), then they can kiss ever getting elected goodbye, and will pretty much end any of them going anywhere without a disguise, heavily armed guards and riot gear.

If Newt Gingrich thought the result was harsh after he shut down government, wait for what happens when the debt-ceiling isn't raised (again, it will be - it's just posturing on an issue they know they can support, because there isn't a chance in hell the debt ceiling won't be raised).

Dems ought to call their bluff and do what they did before, and attempt to impose even harsher policies, like they did with the Ryan budget. Republicans would have heart attacks en masse trying to raise the debt-limit while popping off about how fiscally responsible they are. It would be highly amusing to see that meltdown and how quickly the backpeddling would begin.

[Atman]

11. +100

Please, please, PLEASE, President Obama, just this once, CALL THEIR BLUFF. We all know the debt ceiling will be raised. Don't let them dupe us once again.

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[Aerows]

12. Dems need to capitalize on it

Because there is no way in hell the GOP and Wall Street are going to not raise it.

They need to use their political capital to embarrass the hell out of the GOP, and have them squirming.