Boehner: ‘This Debt Limit Increase is Obama’s Problem’
In today’s News of the Boehner, the Speaker of the House has hit on yet another strange way to shift the blame for holding America’s economy hostage, away from Republicans and onto the eternal object of right wing rage: Boehner Says The Debt Limit Increase Is Obama’s Problem.
Speaker of the House John Boehner introduced a new argument to the debt ceiling and deficit reduction talks Tuesday, saying raising the borrowing limit is Republicans’ concession in the negotiations.
“This debt limit increase is [Obama’s] problem,” he said.
Reaching a new nadir of political reversal rhetoric, Boehner seems to have missed the fact that most of the country’s voters (even most Republicans) are not in favor of burning the country’s economy just to preserve low taxes for the wealthy. If the GOP really goes through with the tough talk and defaults on America’s credit, the majority of the public will put the responsibility squarely where it belongs — in Boehner’s lap.
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