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In reply to the discussion: The Constitution is not a suicide pact [View all]Cyrano
(15,031 posts)19. In reality, we know that what I'm suggesting is
not going to happen. So my question is, what do we do if they actually shut down the government and refuse to raise the debt ceiling?
I believe they're crazy enough to do it. Do you propose that we just roll over and play dead?
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They're just kicking and screaming because demographically they're approaching extinction.
NuclearDem
Sep 2013
#7
You want to jail tens of millions of Americans? Tell me you're only mocking the OP.
Nuclear Unicorn
Sep 2013
#13
"It's like paying ransom, and our govt doesn't pay ransom even if the whole congress is held hostage
Nuclear Unicorn
Sep 2013
#23
I seriously doubt the OP will maintain the same degree of vehement opposition to such dialogue.
Nuclear Unicorn
Sep 2013
#16