Obama, Congress reach a debt deal

Most of us often wonder how the greatest empires on Earth eventually fell... well our current politicians are bent on showing us in our lifetime how a GREAT nation falls...

there shouldnt be a deal. there should be a solution.

I'd like to know what the deal is myself post it online if there not to scared

People when was the last any of you saw this label : "Made in USA"?

Still wondering where did all the jobs go?

Another perfect drama played down to the last minute. I'll be remembering this second drama when I go to vote. I will vote all that I can out of office. Democrates and Republicans....all...I will vote them out.

Shame on you for putting the American public through another scare drama .... the second in the last 6 months. I will not forget or forgive.

Time for REAL CHANGE

Spoiled childern wont get my vote in the next election.

Let me get this straight, in a country where the GDP is over 14 trillion a year, we have to go through all this political #$%$ to shave off 200 million a year? For those that are bad at math, that's only 1.4%. How is this progress?

It's back to business as usual... "Borrow to spend"... God help us!

My fellow AMERICANS let me put it to you gently so that no fellings will get hurt in reading my post..... WE ARE ALL FUCKED.. ther now that wasnt so bad now was it

Post it online, let we the people read this bill!!!!!!

So....how will the American people be screwed over this time?

When election time comes around, I hope I remember how this group acted and vote them out! We need long-sighted Statesmen, not short-sighted polititians in DC.

My fellow Americans....Ask not what your country can do for you, but ask what you can do for your country....Who said that.....?????

How to cut spending? Simple! This is one idea that really should be passed around. Congressional Reform Act of 2011 1. No Tenure / No Pension. A Congressman collects a salary while in office and receives no pay when they are out of office. 2. Congress (past, present & future) participates in Social Security. All funds in the Congressional retirement fund move to the Social Security system immediately. All future funds flow into the Social Security system and Congress participates with the American people. It may not be used for any other purpose. 3. Congress can purchase their own retirement plan, just as all Americans do. 4. Congress will no longer vote themselves a pay raise. Congressional pay will rise by the lower of CPI or 3%. 5. Congress loses their current health care system and participates in the same health care system as the American people. 6. Congress must equally abide by all laws they impose on the American people. 7. All contracts with past and present Congressmen are void effective 1/1/12. The American people did not make this contract with Congressmen. Congressmen made all these contracts for themselves. Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, so ours should serve their term(s), then go home and back to work.

It's never good when they won't tell you what they agreed on. Please tell us how badly you are going to hose us.

So, essentially these people spent months jerking each other around before doing a job they have just demonstrated could have been done in no more than two days time.

They have wasted the time and resources of the American people. They have neglected many other critical issues facing this country, issues they are specifically employed by the American people to address, in order to have their hissy little cat fight and do nothing until the last possible minute, making sure the economy remained unstable in the meantime, making sure investors remained skittish in the meantime, threatening to ruin the financial security of the nation... and for what?

So they can now parade around claiming victory and talking up what a wonderful job they've been doing by not doing the job they should have done months ago. I cannot think of another industry where we would not have long ago fired someone on the spot for the kind of on-the-job behavior these people have been displaying.

This debt crisis has proven one thing more than any other to me. It's that we need to have 535 recall elections post haste, and we need a law on the books saying if the American people have to recall you from Congress, you aren't allowed to hold public office in this country ever again.

I can't wait till they 'pass the bill so we can find out what is in the bill.'....Ugh!!!

Anyone know where to find a copy of this bill to read?

Attn: American Citizens. Our corrupt & self-serving Politicians have made another 'Deal'....for themselves. Get ready to warm up your Vasoline.

I guess now we need to kiss their rear's and thank them for doing their jobs - WE SHOULD STILL VOTE EACH ONE OF THEM OUT - One By One and if we don't then who are the real jurks in this Country - yep you got it - We The People!!!!!!