Napoleon's Shadow
05-17-2011, 09:04 AM
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/17/us-usa-campaign-teaparty-idUSTRE74G37C20110517
The private April 25 meeting was convened by the Speaker of the U.S.
House of Representatives at the request of Tea Party leaders, who were
seething over recent Republican compromises, most notably on the 2011
budget.
One of the 25 or so leaders, all from Boehner's district, asked him if
Republicans would raise America's $14.3 trillion debt limit.
According to half a dozen attendees interviewed by Reuters, the most
powerful Republican in Washington said "yes."
"And we're going to have to raise it again in the future," he added.
With the mass retirement of America's Baby Boomers, he explained, it
would take 20 years to balance the U.S. budget and 30 years after that
to erase the nation's huge fiscal deficit.
The private April 25 meeting was convened by the Speaker of the U.S.
House of Representatives at the request of Tea Party leaders, who were
seething over recent Republican compromises, most notably on the 2011
budget.
One of the 25 or so leaders, all from Boehner's district, asked him if
Republicans would raise America's $14.3 trillion debt limit.
According to half a dozen attendees interviewed by Reuters, the most
powerful Republican in Washington said "yes."
"And we're going to have to raise it again in the future," he added.
With the mass retirement of America's Baby Boomers, he explained, it
would take 20 years to balance the U.S. budget and 30 years after that
to erase the nation's huge fiscal deficit.