GOP issues New Ransom Demands

[UCmeNdc]

The Associated Press reported that House GOP leaders were offering a framework to not just pass a short-term increase in the nation's $16.7 trillion debt limit, but to end the 11-day government shutdown, in exchange for a cut in entitlement programs and make changes to Obamacare.


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/11/government-shutdown-republicans_n_4086110.html


Sounds like the old ransom demands to me.

[Fantastic Anarchist]

1. Fuck them.

[MurrayDelph]

10. not even

with Ann Coulter's dick.

[snappyturtle]

2. Nope. They really don't listen. Proof. nt

[HockeyMom]

3. Medicare and Social Security are just more Government "Welfare"

the same as Obamacare. Who is surprised?

[CTyankee]

4. I'm surprised that they are so BRAZEN! They must know that suggesting cuts to the two

most beloved government as ransom for opening the government and not risking financial catastrophe is political suicide! Even the most ardent teabaggers aren't gonna go for THAT deal!

INSANE! (but I am glad they have shown their true colors)...

[UCmeNdc]

5. Americans blame Republicans for the shutdown that they may lose control of the House over it.

What's clear to just about everyone now, at this eleventh hour, is that House Republicans are scrambling to find agreement among themselves on a way to reopen the government and extend the debt ceiling while saving face. They need to find something to point to -- more spending cuts, entitlement reforms, anything -- that shows they've forced concessions out of Democrats as part of a final deal. And they need to do it fast, given how quickly their party's popularity is plummeting. One new poll suggests so many Americans blame Republicans for the shutdown that they may lose control of the House over it.

[LiberalEsto]

6. Lock them in a room and don't let them out until they surrender nt

[BillyRibs]

7. Call in the

Swat team, The Hostage negotiator is not making any headway.

[hedgehog]

8. Aren't these two programs self financing?

[DireStrike]

9. Sounds very different to Jay Carnie

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