Debt Ceiling Brinkmanship
October 6th, 2021 at 7:29:07 AM permalink | |
kenarman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 14 Posts: 4470 |
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October 6th, 2021 at 12:11:32 PM permalink | |
OnceDear Member since: Nov 21, 2017 Threads: 11 Posts: 1504 | FAO Wizard, Here, maybe behind a firewall, is an article on what a 'never before' default indicator might look like. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/interactive/2021/us-debt-default-payments/?itid=hp-top-table-high So..... Maybe a brief deferral of Social Security payments due on Friday 29 Oct. But good news to you: The headline makers might not trigger till November which would mean i'd lose. I still say the SwillHTF very soon. |
October 6th, 2021 at 2:32:06 PM permalink | |
OnceDear Member since: Nov 21, 2017 Threads: 11 Posts: 1504 | Is 'Trojan Horse' the correct expression for what McConnell did today? Or is it a 'poison chalice'?
It looks like in this game of debt, MM has offered a PayDay loan as a kindness to the Dems. To give the impression "Look folks, we gave them more time and they still screwed it up".... As I suspect the Dems will seize out of desperation as they THINK. See. the GOP are our friends after all.. Is McConnell Rumpelstiltskin? Tick-Tock, Tick-Tock |
October 6th, 2021 at 2:56:18 PM permalink | |
AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18136 |
Maybe for once the GOP is playing the smart game. It being in the news is hurting the Dems so keep it in the news. The President is a fink. |
October 6th, 2021 at 3:06:39 PM permalink | |
ams288 Member since: Apr 21, 2016 Threads: 29 Posts: 12422 | The best theory for what McConnell is up to:
“A straight man will not go for kids.” - AZDuffman |
October 6th, 2021 at 3:09:09 PM permalink | |
OnceDear Member since: Nov 21, 2017 Threads: 11 Posts: 1504 | I don't doubt the GOP are playing smart. I never considered the Dems anything like smart enough to compete. A bit like how Putin or Erdogan or Xi are smarter than their competitors. |
October 6th, 2021 at 3:11:04 PM permalink | |
OnceDear Member since: Nov 21, 2017 Threads: 11 Posts: 1504 | Yes. So the GOP can set the timetable for regular stress's to bog down the Dems (Who'll probably fall for it) |
October 6th, 2021 at 3:21:06 PM permalink | |
AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18136 |
Putin is the smartest of our age when it comes to power games. I actually admire how he has built Russia and stayed in power. The President is a fink. |
October 6th, 2021 at 4:22:55 PM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25010 |
They are not smarter, they can just be more ruthless because they don't have to worry about being re-elected because their elections are fixed. Just like ours are now. I don't even know China has an election but it would be a waste of time because it would be totally fixed from top to bottom. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
October 7th, 2021 at 3:11:12 AM permalink | |
AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18136 |
They do not have to be re-elected but they do have to be smart about getting and keeping power. Like John Gotti was smarter about getting to the top than Paul Castellano who got there by nepotism. But smarter was Carlo Gambino who got there and stayed there because he knew how to use his power to keep control. Putin is 20 years on top, few can do that even in a fixed system. The President is a fink. |