Thank you topcat.

Are you implying he couldn't read well enough to fill out an application?

Do you have ANY formal education to support your position? Perhaps a degree in Economics or an MBA in Finance and Economics? Anything other than political rhetoric?
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NAIVE? "Pay fair share" is the siren song of the lefties for years. It is naive to believe that all this "fair share" stuff is going to solve the problems that the dems have created by spending more than the country can afford. Printing more money and raising the debt limit are not good options. That is just kicking the can down the road. No need for you to respond. You have proved your lack of knowledge in Economics.

Then how is it that about 70% of individual income taxes are paid by the very people who you might classified as "wealthy"? How would you know if they are paying their "fair share"?

Thanks for the compliment! My wife takes credit for gardening. It gives me lots of subjects.

Thank you NMGal.

Thanks to all replies, appreciated.

I have used Adorama for garden books for my wife (the gardener). The photo work is fine. The software to prepare the book is a bit sketchy......could be more user friendly. Overall, I like their books.

This is an 8 image focus stack using internal Olympus em-1 functionality with Oly 60 mm macro lens.
More to come as the garden comes alive.

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So pay past due bills and THEN cut spending to not exceed projected income in future years.

I get a great many pieces of junk mail. Usps does an admirable job of getting these out. However, they seem to have lost two bank bill pay checks sent out. Results in past due situations. I am not sure if the Daily Digest would help.

I am a disabled male on medicare. It really disturbs me that there is discussion about cutting
benefits at a time when we are advocating increasing the debt ceiling yet again. Does anybody at the White House have an advanced degree in business management?

Masters at tax and spend without regard to debt.

[quote=jcboy3]It's an impasse because Republicans don't want to increase the debt ceiling, but don't want to accept responsibility for not doing so.

When all hell breaks loose, it's going to be the worst thing that ever happened, and subsequent deficit spending to recover from the mess will dwarf what's come before.

Democrats will blame Republicans, and vice versa. But I'll bet the blame

It is really not a matter of left or right. We all must finally realize that years of deficit spending on both sides has driven the debt ceiling so high that it cannot continue to rise driving more inflation. It comes down to simple math. You can't spend you way to financial stability by master carding your visa payment. For starters, why not investigate where all those "borrowed dollars" are being spent? Take the axe to wasteful spending that does not meet the test of effective efficiency, not political preference. But stop acting like printing more money (raising the debt ceiling) is the solution to the problems our country is facing. Stop acting like children fighting over toys. Here ends my rant.