We need to get serious about tackling our debt and growing our economy. Unless the President steps up to plate too, all of us — especially our children and grandchildren — will suffer from his political stunts that do nothing to put people back to work, solve our debt crisis or safeguard our national security.The political stunt was Rubio and his ilk's refusal to raise the debt ceiling in July/August 2011, which led to the sequester compromise. Until then, raising the debt ceiling had been so routine that it had been done 74 times between 1962 and 2011, including 10 times between 2001 and then. Note: Raising the debt ceiling is not to be mistaken for increasing spending, but is simply a way for the government to pay its previously incurred bills.
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The Fox News [sic] Web site has removed its musings on the sequester improving the economy. There are some videos online where they have apparently broadcasted such a turn of truth on its head, but I haven't watched them.
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Georgia Republican Congressman Austin Scott claims he warned us about the sequester even though he voted against increasing the debt ceiling leading up to the sequester.
