Under President Bush Republicans Voted 19 Times For Debt Ceiling Increase
Wish I could say this was surprising:
After pushing the government to brink of shutdown last week, Republican Congressional leaders are now preparing to push America to the edge of default by refusing to increase the nation’s debt limit without first getting Democrats to concede to large spending cuts.
But while the four Republicans in Congressional leadership positions are attempting to hold the increase hostage now, they combined to vote for a debt limit increase 19 times during the presidency of George W. Bush. In doing so, they increased the debt limit by nearly $4 trillion.
NINETEEN TIMES!
Can any Republicans out there seriously say with a straight face that the House GOP has the country’s best interest in mind? If John Boehner and Eric Cantor were real public officials with a real grownup sense of responsibility that usually accompanies those in office, then the debt ceiling would be raised without negotiations. After all protecting the economy from economic collapse is…really important.
But of course, Cantor and Boehner aren’t grownups and have no grownup sense of responsibility. They ask for a ridiculously high amount of tax cuts, while agreeing to a disproportionally low amount of revenue increases. And then when the President finally agrees to that…NOPE! Not good enough!
