Chicagoan's have a special way of playing politics and it is not for the timid. People from Hawaii (at least the ones that I know) are pretty feisty people and don't back down from confrontation. President Obama is a Hawaiian that cut his teeth in Chicago politics, so I'm hoping the president is going to channel his roots and show America what hardball politics is all about and this is how he should do it.
The president needs to address the nation today on all the networks and this is what he needs to say;
My fellow Americans, on August 2nd the USA will no longer be able to pay it's bills unless it raises the debit ceiling. You have heard many people say that raising the debit ceiling is not necessary. Let me tell you that raising the debit ceiling is vitally important to the USA as well as the world. Not raising the debit ceiling will crash our economy, cost hundreds of thousands of jobs and billions of dollars. But let me explain exactly what I will have to do on August second and how it will effect you. First, all Social Security and Medicare payments will stop. The FAA will close and all air traffic controllers will be sent home so no commercial air travel will be available in the country. The FDA & Department of Agriculture will be closed so no food will be inspected so meat, dairy, vegetables and eggs will stop being sold. The TSA will be closed so any products being imported into the USA will not be allowed into the country. All government workers & contractors will be sent home. All VA hospitals will be closed. No members of the military will be paid
I have in my hand a bill raising the debit allowing the US to continue to do business for the next 18 months, it is a clean bill and has no other provisions in it. I have spoken to Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid and they have guaranteed the full support of the Democratic party and I promise to sign this bill the second it comes to my desk. What I don't have is 25 votes from the Republican party to turn this bill into a law.
The Republican party refuses to raise the debit ceiling without gutting Social Security and Medicare and hundreds of other programs that help the poor and middle class Americans. The Republican party is demanding that we cut our budget by trillions of dollars and yet refuses to raise the taxes on millionaires and billionaires one cent. They refuse to close loopholes that allow the richest companies in the world to pay nothing in taxes. They even refuse to close a loophole on the owners of private jets. What the Republican party does want is to pay our bills on the backs of the middle class.
America, let me be very clear, the Republican party wants to crash our economy. They did it two years a go and they want to do it again today. The Democratic party is ready to go and all we need is 25 Republicans who care enough about our country and the American people to sign on and raise the debit ceiling. These same Republicans had no problem raising the debit ceiling under President Bush, I don't see why they should have a problem now.
So America, I leave it up to you to contact your Republican representative and let them know that you want to receive your Social Security checks, that you want the military to be paid and that you want them to stop their political posturing and vote for the raising of the debit ceiling.
Thank you and god bless America.