House Republicans Know That Voting NO on Debt Ceiling Is a Vote to Stop Paying Our Troops & Stop Social Security & Medicare Payments

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Whatever Minority Leader McCarthy and Congressional Republicans say today, if they vote against raising the debt ceiling they know that it is a vote to let soldiers go unpaid and seniors go hungry.

In 2011, then-Whip McCarthy was charged with explaining the debt ceiling to House Republicans – including a “stunningly simple” presentation using slides with colorful flags to help them understand the implications:

And if Republicans don’t hike the debt ceiling, they’re told, Social Security payments will be stunted, debt will be downgraded, borrowing costs will skyrocket, the dollar will plunge and private hiring will freeze — a scenario McCarthy and fellow Republicans desperately want to avoid as they count GOP votes.

Today, House Republicans led by McCarthy are threatening to vote against raising the debt ceiling – a move that they well know will freeze military pay, halt Social Security and Medicare payments, and cause an economic catastrophe that would devastate working families across the country.

…it will put a stranglehold on everything from government payments to the ability to borrow, she cautioned.

“In a matter of days, millions of Americans could be strapped for cash,” Yellen said.

“Nearly 50 million seniors could stop receiving Social Security checks for a time. Troops could go unpaid. Millions of families who rely on the monthly child tax credit could see delays.”

The federal debt is the amount of money the government currently owes for spending on payments such as Social Security, Medicare, military salaries and tax refunds.

The debt limit allows the government to finance those existing obligations.

“Raising the debt ceiling doesn’t authorize additional spending of taxpayer dollars.

McCarthy, Minority Whip Scalise, and Conference Stefanik each voted repeatedly to raise the debt ceiling during President Trump’s term in office.

Republicans are choosing partisanship over paying our military and protecting seniors.

grimatongueworm on September 26th, 2021 at 18:29 UTC »

There’s forty million people out there smashing themselves in the face with a brick because that’s what 30 years of right wing propaganda has convinced them to do.

557_173 on September 26th, 2021 at 18:13 UTC »

the cruelty is the point

aslan_is_on_the_move on September 26th, 2021 at 18:05 UTC »

Whatever Minority Leader McCarthy and Congressional Republicans say today, if they vote against raising the debt ceiling they know that it is a vote to let soldiers go unpaid and seniors go hungry.

In 2011, then-Whip McCarthy was charged with explaining the debt ceiling to House Republicans – including a “stunningly simple” presentation using slides with colorful flags to help them understand the implications:

And if Republicans don’t hike the debt ceiling, they’re told, Social Security payments will be stunted, debt will be downgraded, borrowing costs will skyrocket, the dollar will plunge and private hiring will freeze — a scenario McCarthy and fellow Republicans desperately want to avoid as they count GOP votes.