House Republicans are moving forward with plans to raise the nation’s debt ceiling by $4 trillion as part of a larger plan to advance President Trump’s tax agenda.

  • frunch@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    So it’s a loaded gun that can only be used by Republicans, and whenever Democrats are in a position to do something about it, they don’t.

    This has basically been my experience as a Democrat-voter for years. “Our guys finally made it in, now we’ll finally see those changes they’ve been talking about” followed by crickets for 4 years 😬

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      Yep, so many examples of Democrats not doing the thing they could’ve done when they had the power. Putting Trump in prison (by not hiring a Republican as AG), codifying Roe v. Wade, replacing Supreme Court justices before they die, abolishing the filibuster, getting rid of the debt ceiling, …

      And they always point their little finger when people give up on them, even though the facts are that democrats are either just putting up a puppet show where they’re always a vote short for something, or they’re incompetent.

      This last election had shown that it wasn’t so much Trump that won, the Democrats lost because too many people stayed home because they’re sick of their games.

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        “If the democrats got a magic lamp and three wishes, they’d negotiate it down to one wish, and then use that to wish for something they think the republicans would want.”