Boehner Floor Speech Opposing the Dems National Debt Limit Hike

http://gopleader.gov Strongly opposing the Democrats legislation to increase the statutory limit on the national debt by $290 billion, House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) delivered the following remarks on the House floor today:

"Theres been a lot of lecturing on the House floor today about fiscal responsibility. Now, I heard a lot about fiscal responsibility in 2005 and 2006 when the then Minority wanted to take the Majority. I think its time for everyone in this room to take their fair share of blame for the spending thats gone on in this town for far too long.

"For 37, 36 of the last 40 years, weve spent more than what weve taken in. Theres not a household in America that can get by with this. Theres not a company in America that can get by with it. And certainly, this government cant get by with it. And so for the last three years, the Democratic Majority though, after having run on this mantra of fiscal responsibility, has done nothing more than spend, spend, spend and spend.

"Now, we did our best in 2007 and 2008, to put the brakes on all that spending and succeeded somewhat. But after this year, for you to criticize us about fiscal responsibility and to lecture us about fiscal responsibility, after spending $1 trillion on a stimulus bill that was supposed to be about creating jobs, what have we done? Weve created more unemployment. Weve not put anyone back to work and were asking our kids and grandkids to pay $1 trillion in principal and interest for a bill thats not doing anything other than increasing spending.

"But you know what? You know what makes this bill thats on the floor here today to increase the debt limit by $290 billion a real joke? Its that as soon as this vote is over, were going to take up stimulus two, or as we like to call it, son of stimulus. Were going to pick up son of stimulus, which is going to spend $150 billion on the same kind of failed spending programs that we passed earlier this year.

"And what are we going to do? Were going to use that TARP money that those banks and those financial institutions have paid back. Well, where did that money come from? We had to go borrow it. Everybody knows, everybody that voted for or against TARP in this chamber, knows that money was intended to be paid back, to pay down the deficit. And to take that $150 billion and to spend it on more wasteful Washington spending is putting it right on the backs of our kids and grandkids. Thats going to happen right after this vote.

"Who are we kidding? Were not kidding anybody. I just think its time to put the brakes on all of it. Lets get really serious about cutting spending, and the way we start is by saying no to increasing the debt limit."

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[pfizzbones]

Obstruct! Obstruct! Obstruct! Leader Boehner, the American people DO want you to do everything you can to keep these ridiculous socialist bills from passing! Keep up the fight!

[justtex1975]

John, the GOP led congress spent way too much, but this Dem led spending has made what you guys did look amateurish, at best.

I never imagined that the Dems would spend so boldly, paying off their cronies, their lap dogs & their Leftist union allies.

We need to freeze spending NOW, offer incentives to business & investors, to allow our economy to outgrow this immense financial mess.

If that takes grinding the entire govt to a halt using procedural tactics, sadly, so be it.

[MrClaydough]

@herbsupmydildo814 PURE BULLSHIT! Care to wager pussy?

[nuenjins1]

The difference between the democrat voters and the leaders is that the agenda based democrats hide their history of defending evils such as abortion and , back in the day, slavery and then turn around and convince the voters that moral responsibility is "relative". They hide their history and agenda. Democratic people need to take the time to uncover the Democratic moral track record of lies and power that literally have a proven history of putting the weakest under their thumb.

[DosuZakuKin]

@pfizzbones And all you hear from the left is "THEY'RE THE PARTY OF NO WITH NO SUBSTANCE, ALL THEY DO IS OBSTRUCT THEY ARENT BEING BIPARTISAN"

Well that's like taking somebody on a diet to a bakery and saying "Ok well you can have any kind of cake you want. What's it gonna be?"

Point is: We don't want any part of your shitty bills.

Obstruct the socialist agenda.

[jeangrey65]

@justtex1975 I agree, Goverment can't create wealth, but it can create opportunities so that WE can. Or as in the last administration did, take those opportunities away using credit. Now it's time to pay the piper and we are out of work and out of our homes. So whats Friedman's rule now besides cutting taxes for the wealthiest while the middle class pays for the low?

[MrClaydough]

@justtex1975

Cant do it! Wont do it!

Dubbers 1 1/2 trillion for war he didnt put on budget....is not a good nor smart, as 'lets sit on our 'collecdtive asses and do nothing thang'.

BUT PLEASE......go right ahead. heh heh

[MrClaydough]

@justtex1975 'Anyway you want it' Thats the way you need it'.

Govt can only CONTROL OOHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SHRINK....AHHHHHHHHHHHHHIM SHRINKING!!!!!!!!!!!

'When your lights go out in your shitty

and you aint got no thoughts in your he===ead

I want to be there....ya ee yeah... . 'What a pity'

Woh ooh woh.... You obviously have never taken a journey from your 'Friedmans k %...WTF? eat shit!

[MrClaydough]

@jeangrey65

Quit with the making sense already.

'heh heh'..."You had me at ...poopin dollar bills'.

Do you think, that 3% of these "folks", have owned or managed a business?

[poopin money-heh heh]

[MrClaydough]

@pfizzbones

Obstruct like my 'commie attorney and commie soc/check and/medicare check/ commie 'whatever you shove up my ass!

Yeah 'Boner dog. Guess What"

Go ahead...say it...What?!?

YOU AINT DOIN SHIT!

bONER 'orange smurf lookin mf aint doin shit!

You're own Congressional leaders are backing down.

[MrClaydough]

'BONER' ...opposing the Nat'l debt limit hike, is not completely dissimilar to his rantings of No...No...No...No...

And a 'fond lover' of every 'big expenditure Dubbers and 12 years of "Largest Deficit In U.S. historty Congress could afford....

[MrClaydough]

@justtex1975

'Man...if that was 'kool aid' I aint buying it. puke city. 'shatanky child'.

Yo mama done tought's you how too's 'discuss subject matters'. 'Ooh ignorance is bliss'. Especially when your right wing puppy ass, forgets or twists the facts that "Ronnie raised taxes on middle class 2nd year of office.

"got to go"...morons bore me.