The White House Dossier by Keith Koffler September 20, 2013
A possible Republican plan to tie defunding Obamacare to an increase in the federal debt ceiling could provoke a Constitutional crisis, with President Obama deciding to borrow money anyway even if Congress fails to raise the borrowing limit.
Republicans are currently seeking to attach language defunding Obamacare to legislation to continue government funding after the fiscal year ends October 1. If that fails, they are expected to try to incorporate Obamacare defund language into legislation raising the debt ceiling later in the month. If the Senate, as expected, fails to pass such legislation, the debt ceiling will not increase, and the government may default on its obligations.
Writing in the Wall Street Journal, William Galston, a scholar on governance at the Brookings Institution, said President Obama is probably permitted – and even required – to borrow money himself in order to pay off debts coming due and avoid defaulting, whether Congress approves or not.
"Rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will within limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others. I do not add 'within the limits of the law' because law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the rights of the individual." Thomas Jefferson
"If people can’t trust not only the executive branch but also don’t trust Congress, and don’t trust federal judges, to make sure that we’re abiding by the Constitution with due process and rule of law, then we’re going to have some problems here." - Barack Obama, June 7, 2013
This is pure Liberal BS that is trotted out every time the debt ceiling is brought up. William Galston is a Communist who wishes Zero could do this. If he could, it would have been done already. Can anyone show me where Zero didn't go around congress when he had a chance to? He even called congress in recess when it wasn't to jam appointments through...
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