White House takes swipe at Stockman
Human Events' John Gizzi reports:
"But it was on the debt ceiling and Republican threats to vote against lifting when the issue comes up that Carney hit hardest. Coming days after three of the 34 freshman House Republicans–Richard Hudson (N.C.), Steve Stockman (Texas), and Matt Salmon (Ariz.)–all made it clear to Human Events they would oppose lifting the debt ceiling unless the president proposed serious spending cuts and addressed problems with entitlements, it was obvious who Carney was hitting back at.
"'The president believes Members of Congress were elected to serve and do no harm to this economy,' Carney said. 'Flirting with default or allowing default would be a violation of those principles.' Likening the situation in 2011 when Congress lifted the debt ceiling at the last minute to 'a hostage situation,' Carney said 'it did great harm to the economy' and cited the Dow Jones Industrial Average plummeting, the U.S. credit rating downgraded by Standard and Poor’s, and consumer confidence falling."
No. Refusing to raise the debt ceiling is NOT a vote to default. Cutting up the credit cards is not the same as not paying your debts. If we continue to borrow this nation will go under.