For the past week or so concerned Americans have been signing petitions in Starbucks to fund the government and raise the debt ceiling. The petitions also call for a bipartisan budget. The petition drive was so popular that people were copying blank sheets and bringing them back in to add to the pile.
Barisitas carrying millions of #ComeTogether petitions carry the people’s voice to lawmakers, urging them to come together and reach an agreement to fund the government and raise the debt ceiling.
Howard Schultz and Starbucks make things happen. Howard Schultz was also one of the founders of the No Labels movement that seeks political solutions that are in the best interest of America, regardless of D or R labels.
What do the petitions say Americans want?
1. Reopen our government.
2. Pay our debts on time.
3. Pass a bipartisan budget by the end of the year.
I like this type of activism far more than dumping millions of dollars into someone’s campaign fund. It brings Americans together towards a common goal. Howard Schultz gets down to where the action is. Hat tip to Howard Schultz.
What great news! The government has agreed to borrow more money to pay debts that it cannot afford to pay otherwise. Truly the definition of responsible governance.
Why blame Starbucks?
Kelly, are you willing to let the government stay closed and are you willing to not pay our debts or meet our obligations?
Were you so stalwart on this subject during the two wars in Afghanistan and Iraq? Those wars cost the American people a billion a week. Where did that money come from?
They ought to close Starbucks. Ridiculous to pay that much for a cup of fancied up java.
So much for the free market. Who is ‘they?’ Funny, I had you pegged as a capitalist. I guess no one is holding a gun to your head making you go in there.
@Moon-howler
No. I do not want the government to stay closed, but it is nothing to celebrate either.
If you look at the growth of the debt, it “only” increased by ~20% during Bush’s first 6 years, so the wars did not produce massive debt. $1B per week for the wars is only $52 billion per year, which is $950B less than the $1T deficits we have seen lately.
Huge debt growth occurred during Bush’s last two years due to the recession and stimulus, and these conditions persisted into Obama’s term. The problem is that 5 years into Obama’s presidency, the economy has not improved much and debt growth remains steep. This is now fully on Obama’s watch …
Actually, the economy is chugging along. Unemployment is slow to fix. The government closing wasted a lot of money.
I will celebrate not going in to default and the government reopening.
@Kelly_3406
Kelly, Kelly, Kelly…..
What are you doing? It was all Bush’s fault. Obama is just paying for his debts. The fact that Obama signed the budget for the last Bush year is irrelevant. The reasonable people won. As one famous Democrat announced, “What does it matter anymore?” Its obvious that the establishment Republicans want Obamacare and increased spending. Why fight them? It’s time to surrender to the inevitable, lay back and think of ….well, something. It will be ok…our children can pay for it all.
No one here has used the word ‘fault.’ The fact remains, like it or not, that there was an economic crash in this country. Whoever came in as president in 2009 would meet the same obstacles. To suggest otherwise is absurd.