Poll: Congress Should Raise Debt Limit, No Strings Attached

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... A Monmouth poll released Wednesday showed 51% of Americans want the debt ceiling issue to be dealt with separately from the debate over spending cuts -- a so-called "clean" increase. Just 25% say a debt-limit increase should be tied to negotiations over a package of spending cuts demanded by House Republicans.

That contrasts with a CNN poll Tuesday that found 60% believe Congress "should only raise the debt ceiling if it cuts spending at the same time."

"This appears to be a case of the old adage: Question wording matters most when people know the least,'" said Monmouth pollster Patrick Murray.

"Most Americans don't have a strong opinion on the debt ceiling " and won't have one unless there's a default that impacts them. Beyond that, partisan identity will drive who gets blamed for any unhappiness coming out of a deal," Murray said. ...

@#11 ... Defaulting on the debt is the best path for republicans to win in 2024 so umm yeah they will let default happen ...

If we default on the debt, the American Dollar as the currency of excellence around the world wil lbe diminished. That is why I wonder why Republicans seems to almost favor a default...

U.S. debt default to challenge, or enhance, dollar as safe haven: analysts (May 17, 2023)
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... The U.S. may be only a few weeks away from defaulting on its debt over political gridlock, thrusting the global financial system into unknown territory that threatens to pummel stock prices and ignite a run on banks.

But views are mixed as to whether this would be a major blow for the dollar -- which has served as the world's major reserve currency since World War II -- or counterintuitively further enhance its safe-haven status as money flocks toward stable investments.

"On a very essential level, this is a threat to global stability and U.S. dollar dominance," said Juan Perez, director of trading for Monex USA, in an interview.

Although for now the market does not seem to expect the U.S. to default, Perez said it could be a possible "Brexit moment" for the world's biggest economy.

"How much political friction do you have in your country that you're preventing yourself from borrowing from yourself?" he asked.

A default on U.S. debt would likely be welcomed by China and Russia, which have been pushing for a "de-dollarization" to free themselves from a global financial system reliant on the greenback and decision-making in Washington. ...

@#13 ... A default on U.S. debt would likely be welcomed by China and Russia, which have been pushing for a "de-dollarization" ...

So, so that is why Republicans seem to be so non-chalet about a possible default....

@#6 ... But they are obviously negotiating, #6. ...

Are they negotiating about the debt ceiling?

Or engaging in hostage negotiations?

@#18 ... A distinction without a difference, ...

To the Republicans, possibly.

... And [his] constituents are centrist op-ed writers. ...

... and, for starters, your evidence of that is?

And a song you probably won't hear on your streaming music source...

King Missile - My Heart Is A Flower
www.youtube.com

King Missile is odd....

@#21 ... Is there anyone else in the country who wants him to compromise on this more than centrist op-ed writers? ...

OK, so I ask in #20 for evidence of your assertion, "But he won't, because he has to represent his constituents. And [his] constituents are centrist op-ed writers."

And what I see in response is...

"Is there anyone else in the country who wants him to compromise on this more than centrist op-ed writers? "

and

"I can't think of anyone who wants him to compromise other than centrist op-ed writers. "

So, for starters, you admit that you have no evidence to back up your assertion.

That aside...

"...I can't think of anyone who..."

So you think your thought patterns represent this Country?

Wow.

OK, that deserves a:

Friggin' Wow.

As I said earlier to another person here on this most august site...

Get a grip.

@#23 ... wants Joe Biden to compromise with the insurrectionists, I guess. ...

You guess?

@#24 ... It's observable reality.

I'm observant. ...

Then it should be easy to provide facts, a.k.a. evidence, of what you have observed.

[Channeling Alf] I'm all ears...

@#25 ... If you, or any other limp wristed milk toast centrist ...

So, instead of replying to the questions I posed, your alias goes into attack mode.

So, ya got nothin' but deflection.

Good to know.

@#30 ... You're all -----.

-----. ...

Yeah, that's not helping the position your alias is trying to proffer here.

@#31 ... I fixed it for you.

-----. ...

You do realize that your comments are not helping the opinions your alias tries to proffer here?

@#35 ...You being a giant gaping ----- sure helps yours though. ...

Aside from a difficulty in parsing that comment...

...The republicans who post here absolutely love it. ...

Please state why your alias thinks the Republicans who post here absolutely love it.

thx.

@#36 ... And you do realize, -----, that I don't give a fat rats ass what you or any of the rest of the ------- who post here and pretend to be leftists think of me or any of my "positions", right? ...

Oh, that is quite evident to me. Not only for this conversation, but others I have engaged in on this most august site.

So, what's yer point?

@#37 ... You ---- heads think Joe Biden should be more like Marjorie Taylor Greene. ...

I've not seen that stated anywhere here. Got a link?

@#38 ... He better compromise with her.
And he will.
Because he's a -----.
Just like you....

Wait, what?

Because you imagine Pres Biden giving in to Rep Taylor-Greene, your alias somehow thinks that I am a -----?

Wow.

Do try to be rational.

(and that last comment surprises me because I had only posted it to those of the right-wing persuasion. That, in and of itself, says a lot.)

But... wow...

@#40 ... They love soft moist -------.

IOW, they love you.

-----. ...

Do try a different approach in this discussion.

Jus'sayin'

@#42 ... Answered previously. ...

Not really.

But if your alias thinks that....