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Debt ceiling crisis - Republicans or Democrats, who can we trust?

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The saga continues as the "deadline" of August 2nd approaches.   You know the crisis is reaching a boiling point when both Obama and Boehner felt the need to interrupt Hell's Kitchen!   We now have had two bills passed by the House, one bill proposed by Boehner, one bill proposed by Reid and something or other proposed from Obama although nobody can explain what it is. So who is looking out for America?   In recent polling there seems to be a growing consensus among people that spending needs to be curtailed - with 55% disapproving a tax hike and Gallup finds a majority opposed to raising the ceiling in the first place!   Pew polling finds similar numbers with people split on whether going past August 2nd! Wow.  So far so good, nice to see fellow Americans not getting snookered by the Teleprompter in Chief or the likes of NPR who are both beating the drums of death in case Congress *gasp* does not allow our greedy Government to borrow more money.   As discussed befor