I recieved an email from a friend and I responded to her.

Friend -- The President spoke Monday night about the need for Congress to come together to meet our financial obligations by raising the so-called "debt ceiling" -- that is, to make sure our country can pay the bills Congress has already racked up. You'd think this would be fairly straightforward. For many years, regardless of party affiliation, presidents have asked Congress to do this when it's been necessary -- and every time, Congress has acted. Just as an example, Congress granted Ronald Reagan's request to raise the debt ceiling 18 different times. Here's what's happening: President Obama proposed the balanced approach of raising the debt ceiling paired with responsible steps to reduce our country's long-term debt -- asking oil companies, corporations, and the richest Americans to do their part rather than placing the entire burden on seniors and the middle class. A deal has been close at times, but an ideological faction of House Republicans has been effectively holding our economy hostage -- making extreme demands like ending Medicare as we know it, gutting Social Security, and rejecting any compromises that might make millionaires or big corporations pay their fair share to get our debt under control. So when President Obama spoke to the nation the other night, he made a suggestion to everyone watching: Call Congress and ask them to do their job. Since then, there have been reports that the flood of calls and emails has been slowing down the phone systems and websites on Capitol Hill. Our records show you have only Democratic representatives in Congress. But House Speaker John Boehner -- who is leading the Republicans in negotiations -- needs to hear what Americans like you think. Call Speaker Boehner's office now at (202) 225-0600 -- and tell him we can't afford to let politics hold our economy hostage. It's time to put ideological demands aside and agree to a balanced approach. Then click here to let us know how it went. Here's what the President said on Monday: "The American people may have voted for divided government, but they didn't vote for a dysfunctional government. So I'm asking you all to make your voice heard. If you want a balanced approach to reducing the deficit, let your member of Congress know. If you believe we can solve this problem through compromise, send that message." The President doesn't make a direct request of all of us like this very often. Take a minute right now to call Speaker Boehner -- then let us know how it went: http://my.barackobama.com/page/m/55c11a4a/6c357179/11d7c449a/1189c1af/279397964/VEsE/ Thanks, Messina P.S. -- If you missed it, here's the full video of the President's speech. Watch it and spread the word: http://my.barackobama.com/page/m/55c11a4a/6c357179/11d7c449a/1189c1ae/279397964/VEsF/

This email was sent to: nanatulla@yahoo.com Update address | Unsubscribe My Reponse. Paid for By Obama of America. Enough said. It interesting how Messina made it sound like they were hiswords. Spreading the Obama lies to try and poison the public. It wont happen here because I pay attention. Where exactly is the Obama plan? When has it been voted on? His budget plan did get voted on in the Senate this year and lost 95-0. Not even a single democrat voted for it. He knew then this debt ceiling debate would need to be addressed. His budget plan proved how little he cared about fixing this problem. How about the Senate plan? When has Harry Reids plan been voted on? How can Reid preach to us about his plan and he isent even voting on his own plan? How about a Senate budget plan that hasent happened in 820 days? They dont offer a plan because then they would TELL US what they want. We would then KNOW their agenda. That's why there is no plan, that's why there is no budget. Its ridiculous that the Democrats and this President who put us in this position by spending wildly without a budget for 2 !/2 years now are trying to tell us that its somebody elses fault. The debt ceiling was raised 1.9 trillion Dec 28th 2009. It was then raised again 1.7 trillion in 2010. That is 3.6 trillion that has been spent (waisted) in 19 months. Now the president and dems just want more money to blow without a plan to balance the budget. When will enough be enough to the people who are preaching this presidents views. Our borrowing power is gone. We will be downgraded by S.P. and Moody`s. These rating agencies dont fall for the gimmicks our politicians try to feed us. They see through all of them. We spend to much and right now have no plan to stop. That is why we will be downgraded. The debt ceiling has little to do with it. Interest rates will rise and the country will be effected as we will pay more for everything we spend our money on from our homes to our food. Will that hurt the rich? Of course not. It will hurt all of us who scrape each and every month to eat and keep a roof over our heads. These democrats are doing exactly the opposite of what they say. They are hurting the middle to lower class with these practices. The Tea Party has had enough and they are for stopping this spending spree and BALANCING the budget. To make this out to be some radical cause is just ridiculous. Thank you Doris for the email. I want to know what the other side is saying always. Feel free to forward this email to everyone you know. I enjoy the debate.  :)  PS: If the democrats were really worried about not defaulting on our debt, those of us on Social Security and our military. They could pass this plan right now. Both houses would vote for it today but Reid will not bring it up for vote and Obama is calling it irresponsible. Rediculous. Here is the link to the Toomey plan. Pat Toomey, a Tea Party republican from Penn fighting to keep SS paid on time. He also put forward a budget that the Senate shot down earlier this year.   http://www.fox43.com/news/wpmt-amnews-debt-ceiling-toomey,0,2320525.story