So what do we demand for passage of a debt ceiling extension

[Sgent]

The R's will need us in the House to pass a debt extension, but I'm not very inclined to help them. What would you demand for assistance?

Personally, I believe the debt ceiling is borderline unconstitutional, I would demand it be eliminated.

[randome]

1. An independent prosecutor or a subpoena for the tax returns.

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[yeoman6987]

5. You think repugs care if the country can't pay bills?

In fact they'd love to halt the country. They can pick and chose who gets paid. Military only would be their decision.

[lastlib]

9. Military AND themselves!!

And any payout due their corporate masters.

[beachbum bob]

2. special prosecutor of democrats choice to investigate 2016 election, russia and trumps campaign

[rzemanfl]

3. Installation of a caretaker government and new elections. n/t

[KewlKat]

4. the con out, Hillary in

[edhopper]

6. eliminate it how?

not raising it would be catastrophic and the fear is the Repukes will fail to raise it.

[Sgent]

8. I agree

eliminate it -- meaning it no longer exists. Authorize the Treasury to issue debt necessary to pay for bills which have been appropriated by congress. Get rid of this stupid need to increase it every 6 months - 1 yr.

If you want to reduce the deficit, then stop spending or raise taxes. Don't make us play stupid games by printing 1T dollar coins.

[edhopper]

10. That would be a good thing

but it will never happen.

[ProudLib72]

7. This is playing with fire!

Extorting the GOP is not the way to go.

[Girard442]

11. It's simple, really.

If the R's can be trusted to avoid disaster by raising the debt ceiling, then everything they say is a bunch of argle-yargle-blargle that can be ignored.

If they can't be trusted to avoid disaster then they're no better than the Jonestown Kool-Aid drinkers. We D's should insist that the moderate and sane R's leave the R party and join us D's. If the supposedly sane/moderate R's won't do that, then the entire R party is Kool-Aid drinkers and we're all screwed no matter what we do.