Carson Says He’d Allow U.S. To Default
Ben Carson would be happy to allow the United States to default on its bills.
REUTERS/Chris KeaneClick here for reuse options!“If I’m elected, in January of 2017, we will begin to address the budget immediately,” Carson said. “We’re not going to wait until October or November to do it, when we’re backed against the wall. And I will make it very, very clear that there will not be any budget signed that increases our debt ceiling. It will have to be done.”Carson said Congressional Republicans wait too long to negotiate deals to suppress federal spending.
“They do the same thing every year,” Carson said. “They wait until their backs are up against the wall and the gun is to their head, and you either raise the debt ceiling or we default and the world falls apart.”
“Why do we do that?” he continued. “I think the time to address that is at the beginning of the fiscal period, not at the end, because then you have other options. Now, they wait until it’s too late to do anything else, and we keep raising the debt and compromising the future of the next generation. It is craziness.”
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Larry Schmitt October 28th, 2015 at 11:43
Proving again he’s an even bigger idiot than we thought he was. The way to deal with the debt ceiling is to eliminate it. We shouldn’t have the choice of not paying for what we’ve already bought. You can’t do that with your Visa card, why should the country be able to? If you do it with your personal debts, it ruins your credit standing, any you won’t be able to borrow again. But his followers are just as stupid as he is, so they will say yep, yep, sounds good to me. Not one of them know what the debt ceiling means.
alpacadaddy October 28th, 2015 at 12:06
Good point Larry, however I must point out that I ALREADY think of him as the biggest idiot he can be! Only the best & brightest from the Rebags!
Larry Schmitt October 28th, 2015 at 12:08
I already knew it too, but he keeps reinforcing it every time he opens his mouth.
LoisB October 28th, 2015 at 12:09
I don’t understand how people don’t understand what you just explained so well. “Debt” is what you already owe, it is not new spending.
Larry Schmitt October 28th, 2015 at 12:10
None of the republicans understand that, which is why we had the “fiscal cliff” back in 2013.
CandideThirtythree October 28th, 2015 at 12:47
Well, republicans are known the world over as the stupid party, I even saw it in a Turkish newspaper a few years back.
whatthe46 October 28th, 2015 at 13:46
darnit. i forgot the name of the country that uses “texas” for a slang meaning crazy. that’s sad, but funny as hell cause it’s true.
Kick Frenzy October 28th, 2015 at 17:45
Norwegians are the ones you’re thinking of.
whatthe46 October 28th, 2015 at 19:23
YES!
Pirate Wench October 28th, 2015 at 23:12
Norwegians are brilliant people. They’ll soon think up a good reason to start calling people Florida too!
whatthe46 October 28th, 2015 at 23:25
lovely isn’t it.
Kick Frenzy October 29th, 2015 at 00:49
lol
majii October 28th, 2015 at 22:07
Exactly, not to mention that Article I of the Constitution mandates that Congress pays the nation’s debts and meet its financial obligations, no questions asked. It’s an order, not a request. This idea of failing to pay our debts and financial obligations and the other idea that Congress must “negotiate” with a president to do it are new, crackpot ideas that violate the Constitution. Article I says nothing about Congress having to negotiate with any other branch of government to pay the nation’s debts and meet its financial obligations.
Pirate Wench October 28th, 2015 at 23:11
But the GOP only likes the parts of the constitution that they can control. Not the ones they don’t
rg9rts October 28th, 2015 at 12:18
He almost has a grasp on ……………sanity
Larry Schmitt October 28th, 2015 at 12:18
Since when?
rg9rts October 28th, 2015 at 12:20
Operative word……almost…he is in the first stages of senility….remember St Ronnie??
Larry Schmitt October 28th, 2015 at 12:23
Who could forget? He was probably senile (even though doctors don’t use the word anymore) most of his second term, and was irrational most of his first.
rg9rts October 28th, 2015 at 12:33
Early onset alzheimers
whatthe46 October 28th, 2015 at 13:45
i seriously wouldn’t doubt it.
CandideThirtythree October 28th, 2015 at 12:46
I keep saying that is why he got kicked out of medicine, I am pretty sure I am right.
rg9rts October 28th, 2015 at 12:47
I don’t know if he was kicked out or realized he couldn’t do it any more…..I hope the latter…at least one shred of decency
whatthe46 October 28th, 2015 at 13:44
the piling of law suits may have had something to do with it. could it be leaving a sponge in the head of a child that was the last straw. forgetfullness. something is definitely wrong with him.
rg9rts October 28th, 2015 at 13:56
Didn’t know that …doesn’t say much for the staff where he worked either
whatthe46 October 28th, 2015 at 14:25
you didn’t know about the law suits and the sponge he left in a childs head?
rg9rts October 28th, 2015 at 14:37
Nope…just going on his current performance
whatthe46 October 28th, 2015 at 14:52
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3264044/Ben-Carson-sued-malpractice-six-times-including-girl-suffered-facial-disfigurement-woman-claimed-left-SPONGE-skull.html
mistlesuede October 28th, 2015 at 13:37
I have a friend that actually talked with another neurosurgeon and one other person that I believe was a nurse who both worked with him. They said that they were glad they worked with him as far as the skills he has, but that they hoped to never have to work with him again either. His personality and people skills are aaawwwfful. I don’t understand these people who like him because he talks so quiet. He appears to have some kind of brain damage where he closes his eyes and looks to be falling asleep mid-sentence. I think drugs are involved. And who better to be able to get his hands on them but a surgeon?
DownriverDem October 28th, 2015 at 14:30
They think he’ll just be a puppet president like W.
mistlesuede October 28th, 2015 at 14:32
I never see any reports about what billionaires and/or organizations are keeping him in the race. It is important to know.
ohpaleasegivemeabreak October 28th, 2015 at 20:50
I believe it has recently been reported that he’s collected a lot of small donations – a lot a lot.
And that he has been spending almost all of it on fundraising.
And that he does not have a ‘real campaign’ going – it’s all just a big fundraiser.
mistlesuede October 28th, 2015 at 23:53
Probably from the evangelicals who aren’t listening to what he is really about, just excited that he claims to be pious. They aren’t listening to anything else that he says.
Nice that they can pay for him to leave the campaign for two weeks and go on his book tour.
ohpaleasegivemeabreak October 28th, 2015 at 20:48
I heard someone ‘analyze’ that they believed that people believed his ‘softspoken manner’ was an example of kindness and a good bedside manner but they are not hearing what he is saying.
The same person or someone else went on to suggest that once they start listening to what he is actually saying they will start to dislike him intensely.
whatthe46 October 28th, 2015 at 21:02
people like carson, who use that mannerism, are con-artist and manipulators. much like occult leaders. this “man” freaks me out. and the crap he says makes absolutely no sense what-so-ever.
mistlesuede October 28th, 2015 at 23:50
There were women outside a bookstore last week, I believe in the south, where he was hawking his book. They were being asked about what they thought of him and these morons were all about his soft tone when he spoke! It was as you say. They have no idea that he wants to end their medicare and social security to begin with.
whatthe46 October 29th, 2015 at 00:14
like i said, he’s a con-artist.
mistlesuede October 28th, 2015 at 13:34
I think it is brain damage from the drugs he takes. He closes his eyes and almost falls asleep between every sentence he speaks.
rg9rts October 28th, 2015 at 13:37
He looks seriously stoned all the time
mistlesuede October 28th, 2015 at 13:38
That’s what I’ve been saying for months. He’s baked on something.
rg9rts October 28th, 2015 at 13:42
I’m more of the idea that he is suffering from mental deterioration …
mistlesuede October 28th, 2015 at 13:45
It could result from years of drugs. Just look at his violent past where he admits that he went after people with bricks, hammers and so on. He admits attempted murder after a failed attempt to stab someone. Perhaps he has been on drugs to keep him calm for a very long time, which would explain how baked he is and perhaps why he is not a practicing surgeon anymore. Eventually, that would take a toll on your brain function as well.
I sure would like to know the truth.
DownriverDem October 28th, 2015 at 14:28
Thank you. He sounds like he’s on drugs to me.
ohpaleasegivemeabreak October 28th, 2015 at 20:40
I say it’s possible it’s a form of schizophrenia (based on his mumbling thing).
I have seen him do interviews where I flat could not understand more than a hand full of words out of the whole thing.
The mumbling is not just the decibel level but the articulation.
Of course, that’s just my opinion. I could be wrong.
mistlesuede October 28th, 2015 at 23:45
It could be because he would take drugs for that also. I just happened to watch tonight an old “Daily Show” that I missed when it was live. John Harwood was on and they showed a clip of him interviewing Carson. Harwood literally had to say at one point “I have no idea what you are talking about.” It was funny for a moment until I realized he could become our President. OMG!
ohpaleasegivemeabreak October 28th, 2015 at 20:40
It’s something I think I would have recognized in Carson.
I had two aunts who suffered from Alzheimer’s.
DownriverDem October 28th, 2015 at 14:28
How so? He sounds like he’s taking downers. His voice is creepy too. Besides do you honestly think the repubs will nominate a black man after all the racist hate put on Obama?
rg9rts October 28th, 2015 at 14:36
Its a long way to the nomination and they are weebling all over the place
robert October 28th, 2015 at 14:31
charles manson and carson have a bet
who is going to be paroled first to continue their madness
Robert Smithson October 28th, 2015 at 21:01
He said no such thing. He said he will stop the madness of increasing the debt ceiling every darn time it comes up. What I suspect he would do is to stop spending so much and start cutting certain programs and shutting down agencies that we as a nation could do without. He would take a page from Mr. Obama and use Executive Orders, an action that has proven so successful for our current President.
whatthe46 October 28th, 2015 at 21:05
why do you hurt yourself on purpose?
Robert Smithson October 28th, 2015 at 22:14
At what point will you liberals come to your senses and stop supporting out of control spending and raising the debt limit year after year? This kind of thing is immoral and is sentencing our children and grandchildren to paying billions of dollars on the resulting interest alone! This craziness needs to be stopped, yet most national politicians will not do it. Why are you people so insistent on destroying our nation?
whatthe46 October 28th, 2015 at 22:24
you didn’t seem to have a problem when 1000’s were murdered and billions were spent under bush. stop whining like a damn brat.
Pirate Wench October 28th, 2015 at 23:06
At what point will you conservatives finally figure out that it’s the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that hold the purse strings for AMERICA and not the PotUS? At what point will you realize the reason we are so much in debt is because the war in Iraq and Afghanistan was funded out of the GENERAL FUND and not put into any sort of budget until this PotUS forced them to put it on paper? Oh wait – you’re conservative republicans – I’ve answered my own question
whatthe46 October 28th, 2015 at 23:26
laughing.
Obewon October 29th, 2015 at 00:26
Debunking you and reproving repubs can’t govern, are Fiscal Conservative (D) Clinton42’s $550 B realized consecutive surpluses of CBO’s continuing $5.6 T+ consecutive forecast surpluses.
Vs GWB’s 12/07 $17 T+ Great recession record low everything since (R) Hoover’s Great Depression! “We went from a $5.6 trillion (continuing CBO forecast) surplus that George Bush inherited to over … $11-plus trillion debt when George Bush left office.”-True! http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2011/jun/02/steny-hoyer/steny-hoyer-says-george-w-bush-inherited-56-trilli/ Ben Carson doesn’t even know Fiscal years begin Oct. 1, so the first year that can be counted as a Clinton year is fiscal 1994. The appropriations bills for fiscal years 1990 through 1993 were signed by Bill Clinton’s predecessor, George H.W. Bush. Fiscal 2002 is the first for which President George W. Bush signed the appropriations bills, and the first to show the effect of his tax cuts. http://www.factcheck.org/2008/02/the-budget-and-deficit-under-clinton/
Larry Schmitt October 29th, 2015 at 13:38
Raising the debt limit has nothing to do with controlling spending. All that does is allow us to pay the bills we have already incurred. As if we have the choice to buy something, then decide not to pay the bill when it comes. You do that with your Visa bill and you’ll find your car and your house gone eventually. The time to tackle the spending question is when the budget is formulated, not after the money is already spent.
majii October 28th, 2015 at 22:02
This is not the first time Carson has connected the budget to raising the debt limit, and the reason he does it is because he doesn’t seem to understand that they’re two different issues. The former has to do with year-to-year spending, whereas, the debt limit has to do with money that has already been spent, usually with borrowed dollars. Think of the debt limit as one having purchased a home with a mortgage. No reasonable, sane person would deliberately fail to pay for the home s/he has purchased. Whenever anyone endorses not raising the debt limit, it makes him/her a deadbeat, and someone who doesn’t think s/he should pay for the goods and services s/he has bought on credit.
tracey marie October 29th, 2015 at 13:48
so you advocate for not paying the bills, got it.
maggie October 30th, 2015 at 02:21
and drive up interest rates every where…over the fiscal w/ Toxic Ted…..trade them both….