Four big lies about the debt ceiling
Posted by Richard on June 7, 2011
Tea Party Patriots, the wonderful umbrella organization of Tea Party groups across the country, is challenging head-on both Republicans and Democrats with regard to the so-called debt ceiling crisis:
At this very moment members of congress are trying to decide what pieces of America's future they will trade away as part of a deal to raise the debt ceiling. We've had the chance to talk with many of them. And even most of those who claim to be on the side of fiscal responsibility are giddy with excitement that they can trade their vote on this debt ceiling "crisis" in exchange for a handful of magic beans offered by the liberals.
Our answer is simple.
It is not acceptable to use the future of America as a bargaining chip.
Do not raise the debt ceiling.
PERIOD.
They've identified four big lies that, in countless variations, we're going to be told over and over again in the coming weeks:
Big Lie 1 "The current financial crisis was inherited."
Bush created all of these problems. We are trying to solve them but it's much worse than we thought and it will take years for our solutions to have an impact."
Big Lie 2 "There's no way to cut enough spending. So we must raise the debt ceiling."
"There's no way to cut enough spending. So we must raise the debt ceiling. If we don't raise it America will not be able to pay back its creditors and the rest of the world will never trust us with money again. It will be a disaster!!!"
Big Lie 3 "We can haggle for some really great deals now that we have them over a barrel."
Members of the republican "leadership" will tell you this lie.
"Raising the debt ceiling is inevitable; and the democrats want it so badly they're willing to give us some really great deals in order to get it. We can take advantage of it and get some cool stuff in exchange for our votes. It'll be great!"
Big Lie 4 "You just don't understand all of the complicated details. Let us handle it. We're smart."
Their responses to the first three lies are excellent (I haven't see the fourth part yet).
Check out Part 1 and Part 2 (I'll update with links to 3 and 4 when I have them, but I suspect they'll appear on the home page at some point). And please donate what you can to help them counter these lies. If you care about your future, your children's future, your grandchildren's future — this battle is very, very important.
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