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Sorepaw,Thanks for the response The United States is not about to dalueft on its sovereign debt. Even less is it likely to repudiate its sovereign debt. You need to stop transmitting the Obama-Geithner line on this issue. From an article I read today: Some conservative congressional Republicans have questioned whether there would really be a crisis if the Aug. 2 deadline were missed. They note that the government could cut programs instead and still make interest payments at least for a while. But Congress’ top two Republicans, House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell have agreed that failure to raise the limit could provoke an epic economic catastrophe. Not Obama’s and Geithner’s words. This is from the Republican leadership. What will happen is that: the debt ceiling gets raised without strings attached (what Obama and the Democratic leadership initially demanded) the debt ceiling gets raised and tax rates get raised (what Obama and the Democratic leadership really want) the debt ceiling gets raised with a schedule of spending cuts attached (what the Republican leadership has been pushing for) All of this brinksmanship that the media have been “entertaining” us with is political theater. Calling it brinksmanship is already an exaggeration; the term came into use when the United States and the Soviet Union could have fought an all-out nuclear war. A real Armageddon, not a fake one. I don’t know if would call this gaming or brinksmanship “entertaining”. I think most people want stability in their life and not needles crises management. That’s part of what I mean by leadership – not creating crises. Anticipating situations before they become crises and coming to the table with valid proposals to solve our problems. When the economy and markets tanked the last time it cost me. Not interested in going through a repeat. And you think that if the Republicans show “leadership”, er, knuckle under to Obama, Reid, and Pelosi, the economy and markets won’t tank? Hasn’t it occurred to you that Obama has gotten so florid in his brinksmanship because he vainly imagined that his policies would produce an economic recovery and even he now realizes that they haven’t? (Not that high unemployment matters to him per se, but Obama is smart enough to recognize its likely effect on his re-election prospects.)Again, this situation, where Obama is demonstrating his brinksmanship , was created by the Republicans with their requirement for concessions before raising the debt ceiling. And because of this, they will be the ones receiving the blame for the situation. They, in essence, have created a situation that makes Obama look as the saner, more serious party. How different is ObamaReidPelosian rhetoric Medicare, Now and Forever from the rhetoric emitted by Greek politicians over the last decade or two? I admit that I’m not familiar with the rhetoric of the Greek politicians over the last two decades. I understand the Greek debt was over 100 percent of their GDP something we haven’t seen since the end of WW II which has contributed to their problems.Again, I’m not arguing that we don’t have to get spending under control. I believe everything needs to be put on the table entitlements, defense spending and revenue increases. But I don’t believe playing with the actual or possible threat of dalueft is the correct approach. To me this is where real leadership would come into play to try and tackled this problem without playing games with the economy and peoples lives. Is this really what the Republican Party wants?