thelatestgreatestgeneration: The debt ceiling debate goes on. As the debate nears the final days before the world ends, its amazing to me how there are so many lies and distortions out there. Republicans want Medicare to die, republicans want to play games with our countries future. It amazes me because there are only republican options out there. The Boehner plan that will be voted on today was written by Reid and McConnell from the Senate and Reid acts as if he hates it, saying no Democrats will vote for this Tea Party bill. The Tea Party is the new, racist. The new gonna kill Granny. The new republicans are for the rich. All misleading labels used to poison the people. The fact is there arent any Tea Party people or representatives that think this is even a good bill. So the line that it is a Tea Party bill is just foolish. The fact is the Government has a 7.5% raise in spending built into every new budget year. So as they say they are cutting 1 trillion from the budget in the next 10 years it is just a #`s game that they play. They are cutting into the 7.5% that they are raising. Our budget is 3.6 trillion right now. So in ten years if they kept it at 3.6 (which they wont) we will spend 36 trillion and they say they are cutting spending by 1 trillion. Rediculous. Unless we get to a balanced budget this spending will never stop because they want ALL of our money so they can spend happily ever after. Call every Senator and tell them to pass either the Mack penny plan or the already passed Cut-Cap-Balance bill from the house. The games going on in Washington has to stop. Our childrens futures are riding on it.