John Boehner still pretty darned impressed with himself for raising the debt ceiling and letting Obama spend the US into bankruptcy
Lush.
(speaker.gov) — House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) issued the following statement after Standard and Poor’s announced they had lowered the United States long-term credit rating to AA+.
“This decision by S&P is the latest consequence of the out-of-control spending that has taken place in Washington for decades. The spending binge has resulted in job-destroying economic uncertainty and now threatens to send destructive ripple effects across our credit markets.
“Republicans have listened to the voices of the American people and worked to bring the spending binge to a halt. We are no longer debating how much to spend, but rather how much to cut. Unfortunately, decades of reckless spending cannot be reversed immediately, especially when the Democrats who run Washington remain unwilling to make the tough choices required to put America on solid ground.
“The Administration and Democrats in Congress had sought an increase in the debt limit without any spending cuts or reforms. Republicans made clear the American people would not tolerate that and fought for the largest spending cuts possible. With the Budget Control Act, we made a positive first step toward reducing the debt, but much more must be done.
“In May, I warned, ‘if we don’t act boldly now, the markets will act for us very soon.’ It is my hope this wake-up call will convince Washington Democrats that they can no longer afford to tinker around the edges of our long-term debt problem. As S&P noted, reforming and preserving our entitlement programs is the ‘key to long-term fiscal sustainability.’
“Republicans remain committed to ensuring the United States always meets its obligations. Though we are outnumbered in Washington, we will continue to press Democrats to join us in taking meaningful steps to rein in our debt and deficits.”
Posted by WM on Saturday, August 6, 2011, at 4:12 pm | 
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Soon come the stock market crash and another great depression under the demacRATS But theyll find a way to blame the tea parties for it
Boehner, Obama, Pelosi, McConnell, Reid—they all are more interested in assigning blame than fixing the problem. All of them must go.
So….when do we act boldly?
as far as I’m concerned they all have blood on their hands after this horrific loss of our troops today,by letting this illegal muslim ursurp the whitehouse,every damn one of them know he is an imposter-and is unconstitutional.
I know we are hoping and praying that come 2013 that we will have a GOP WH, Senate and House. But you know what? It won’t make a damn bit of difference because McConnell and Boehner will still be in power and they will die before they make any truly meaningful cuts in anything! The only brave members of Congress are the freshmen/women who voted the way they campaigned. But give them one term and the perks that go with it and their courage will be cut in half. As much as it would have hurt all of us I truly believe that not raising the debt ceiling would have been better than the cowardly thing that Boehner and the Demorats just did. Sure there would have been turmoil and trouble but we would have been two or three years less in debt to help us overcome the problems. Now we will have several more years of mounting debt and then we will still have the same confrontation all over again. I think that the only way out is to elect a president who will state up front that they are going to make some real tough and unpopular decisions and that if it means one term so be it. And then turn towards Congress and call them cowards if they do not pass what the tough new president calls for. Is there anyone out there that comes to mind that could do this? You betcha!
PLEASE PRIMARY THIS DOUCHE BAG OHIO-8! PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I hope in the very near future he can cry at his bar (unemployed), and be as impressed as he wants!
A major part of America’s current problems, and a epic fail as “weeper of the house”!
John, John, John…Feckless John….“Boldly” (2)= requiring or showing fearlessness, daring, and often originality Clue…. John the year is 2011
Standard & Poors warned back in July that if $4 trillion was not cut (or plans made for cutting) from the budget in three months that they would downgrade our credit rating.
What about that warning did our Congress and President not understand?
This is the message in the July 14 S&P report:
First, S&P writes that unless there’s a credible $4 trillion deal within the next three months, they will downgrade us. By “credible,” S&P explains, they mean a plan that will actually be put into place (i.e., not one where the tax increases happen but not the spending cuts). Not $2 trillion, not $1 trillion, but $4 trillion. And it has to be credible.
“We expect the debt trajectory to continue increasing in the medium term if a medium-term fiscal consolidation plan of $4 trillion is not agreed upon. If Congress and the Administration reach an agreement of about $4 trillion, and if we [were] to conclude that such an agreement would be enacted and maintained throughout the decade, we could, other things unchanged, affirm the ‘AAA’ long-term rating and A-1+ short-term ratings on the U.S.”
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Second, the door is left open for raising the debt ceiling without a deal, but not without conditions. The negotiations leading to the debt-ceiling increase have to make it clear that a $4 trillion deal is coming within the next three months:
“If a debt ceiling agreement does not include a plan that seems likely to us to credibly stabilize the U.S.’ medium-term debt dynamics but the result of the debt ceiling negotiations leads us to believe that such a plan could be negotiated within a few months, all other things unchanged, we expect to affirm both the long- and short-term ratings and assign a negative outlook pending review of the eventual plan. If such an agreement is reached, but we do not believe that it likely will stabilize the U.S.’ debt dynamics, we, again all other things unchanged, would expect to lower the long-term ‘AAA’ rating, affirm the ‘A-1+’ short-term rating, and assign a negative outlook on the long-term rating.”
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Third, S&P warns that a failure to make a $4 trillion change today makes it unlikely that lawmakers will address the debt problem before it’s too late. This is the more interesting part of the report. It raises an issue that many have been talking about from the beginning: If lawmakers can’t find a way to change the path we are on during the deal-ceiling debate, how likely is it that they will have an incentive to address it in the short run? S&P says almost zero, and that’s a reason to worry — and a reason to downgrade us:
“U.S. political debate is currently more focused on the need for medium-term fiscal consolidation than it has been for a decade. Based on this, we believe that an inability to reach an agreement now could indicate that an agreement will not be reached for several more years. We view an inability to timely agree and credibly implement medium-term fiscal consolidation policy as inconsistent with a ‘AAA’ sovereign rating, given the expected government debt trajectory noted above.”
The bottom line is: They warned about not losing focus on the real problem, which is that unrestrained government spending has set this country on an unsustainable path that will lead to fiscal ruin. The real problem is that the United States spends too much money.
News to me the republitards have been listening to the American people. Boner must be hitting the crack pipe w/barry.
JD agreed. All of them must go.
inspectorudy, I believe you are spot on.
Germany has followed Chinas lead and told Italy that since they have no desire to address their spending that Germany will not bail them out. Thats gonna leave a huge mark. So much for the prog dream of a European Union.
Boehner and his establishment buddies voted from fear of being blamed for a government shutdown instead of what was right for America. I don’t take credit for that statement, by the way. I heard Rush say it on Friday, and as soon as I heard it, I knew he was (as usual) right.
Establishment Republicans have no spines. They only want to preserve their jobs, and I honestly think they don’t see the oncoming freight train the way we out here in flyover country do.
Still, take a look at this article by Mark Steyn. It underlines the hideous betrayal that these lifetime politicians have handed to America. http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/273876/mad-debt-mark-steyn
This rambling screed is nothing but pure Washington doublespeak written by some drone on his staff because Johnny Boy is too pickled in gin and nicotine by this time of the day to string together two coherent sentences. Ok Johnny Boy you done your job for the day and now you can go back to slamming boiler makers at the bar and don’t forget the beer chasers for God’s sake.
You have to feel almost sorry for him because after all he’s been nursing a sore bum from the working over Obuttma and Harry Reid gave him during the debt negotiations. What a chump!
Yeah. Just yesterday I rec’d an email reply from Speaker Boehner. He was pretty impressed with himself and his *little* “Budget Control Act.” I wasted no time in sending him another email, and it wasn’t a celebratory/congratulatory response either. While I should’ve told him to shove his Act up his A$$, I thought I’d better keep it more civil. I don’t want a “visit” from the Feds. Boehner: What a useless, lying slob.
After the 2012 elections, if the repugnentcans still control the house, if boner is elected speaker of the house again, I will go third party.
This POS needs to go away. Please Ohio, primary him and throw him in the dustbin of history.
Barry’s ego must have rubbed of on Bonehead in all those chummy debt ceiling discussions. I hope the people of Ohio give him his pink slip in Nov 2012.
So he did good, huh? Gave Obuma permission to spend over $2.2 TRILLION more within the next 18 months, while giving Obuma instructions to cut $2 TRILLION in debt over the next 10 years. WHAT A FEAT! Outstanding! NOT!!!!!!!! Obuma will be back in 18.5 months begging for another $3 TRILLION, while having cut NOTHING! Another Fannie Mae.
He’s just gotta go, that’s all there is to it. Yeah, Boehner, too.
From: C N N.
http://money.cnn.com/2011/01/03/news/economy/debt_ceiling_faqs/index.htm
How many times has the ceiling been raised?
Since March 1962, the debt ceiling has been raised 74 times, according to the Congressional Research Service. Ten of those times have occurred since 2001.
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What is the sense of having a Debt Ceiling, if they are just going to raise it any time they feel like it?
And as far as Boner is concerned, he really pulled a boner when he signed off on this deal.
Yeah Boehner, you did such a GREAT JOB that our credit has just been downgraded. RINO. Enjoy your speakership while you have it because you don’t DESERVE to keep it. You sold us out plain and simple.
Boehner and Mc Connell are just as responsible for the downgrade … anything less than a removal from their leadership positions is a cop-out ……by he saying “I told you- so ” … is proof that he is a weak man and leader…. Would Reagan “ever” say “I told you so”??? … Would Palin ever say “I told you –so”???
Thanks Congress and 0BAMA………
Moody’s and S&P said do a $4 trillion debt reduction deal or
face a downgrade that will lead into a DOUBLE-DIP RECESSION/DEPRESSION………..
Congress and zer0 said “NO…….WE’LL KICK THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD AGAIN.”
0BAMA has never took the lead in anything……. therefore leadership is not in zer0′s repertoire….
BOehNER’s only excuse is he was too hung-over from his latest drunken stupor.
John Boehner is an embarrassment. He will be known as the second worse Speaker of The House. I can’t look at him anymore. Spineless loser.
If they had refused to increase the debt ceiling, S&P would have been more likely to leave the rating at AAA. Since they approved more debt, S&P lowered the rating. Boehner and his coherts are useless.
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Tanning box Boehner is high on my list of people who need to be primaried by a Tea Party candidate.
corrupt bastard; and a crybaby to boot.
John Boehner, like most other politicians talked the talk but will not walk the walk.
He is a liar and a coward with no backbone.
His paycheck and special perks keep rolling in and that is pretty much all he is interested in, oh, and crying like a baby when he sometimes realizes how good he has it.
This guy is a lush…isn’t he? You can see it in his face…that’s why he breaks down and crys all the time…lush’s do that…and the smokers voice…you can hear that too…it’s a wonder that he can put two thoughts together that make sense…he must be reading off of a teleprompter…too.
Whats that miserble little weasel pouting about?
Congress should be proud of what they did. They passed a bill in less than 48 hours right after they promised that they would always have a 3 day review period so that they could read it. The managed to get our rating dropped for AAA and they tried so hard to keep this from happening, The bill they passed is really crappy and they are so happy about it. The best thing is that perhaps now the citizens of this country will remember when it becomes election time because the country is in such bad shape. I don’t think they will forget in 2 weeks like they usually do. It is hard to forget something when you have no money in your pocket. I don’t know why they call this a double dip, it still seems like the same dip we have been it for a couple of years now, it is just getting worse. We need a whole new congress including the aids and office staff. Time to start a new.
In hindsight, it’s very clear that Barry will spend every single penny you give him. He has no concept of fiscal responsibility. Yet somehow, the Loser-in-Chief will likely win re-election so he can complete his destruction of the country his birth father hated so much.
Is there anyone in the Government who serves the people instead of their own self-interests? Its a shame, and a disgrace. It is the downfall of our Republic.
Boehner did all he could to give BHO a lifeline past the 2012 elections, and grant that debt ceiling increase in the process. But now he is proud of what he did? Yes, there is “talk” now of cutting spending (but when?) — but the speaker had the power to force cuts immediately and in 2012, but chose to “cave.” Nancy was against the deal but had half the Dems in the House vote for it to insure that it would pass! Boehner is unfit to teach first grade!
Boehner should stop playing the clown, go and cry in some corner … and the sooner he resigns from his position, the better for the rest of us.
PS — Take that imbecilic McConnell along, too. What a pair of spineless
wimps!!!
John Bonehead getting wackeir everyday