Did I get this right about the debt ceiling, the US is on track for $36 trillion in debt and after all the debate they came to an agreement to cut $50 Billion in spending?
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Inevitable. Let it crash!
I agree with Erikha: It’s inevitable. That $36 trillion figure doesn’t even count the unfunded liabilities of Social Security and Medicare.
I didn't hear the result, but that sounds right. That is what happens every single time. The Democrats never negotiate in good faith because experience has shown the Republicans will cave and compromise their supposed principles every time. I don't think most of the Republican politicians actually have principles, they just put on a show for the voters and then give the radical Democrats what they wanted.
Republicans don't know how to negotiate (or don't care). Whenever there is a negotition, Republicans ask for what they want. Democrats ask for some crazy extremist leftist something and then they end up compromising right where the Democrats expected (and probably wanted) to be.
We can't count on politics to solve our problems. It is up to us to take care of ourselves and our own.