actually end up saving the government money on expenses like health care costs.
Democrats have condemned Republicans for threatening cuts to these programs, saying that it is cynical for them to hold the economy hostage in order to demand that the government worsen conditions for the public. They have reiterated the White House’s stance that they will not negotiate over the debt ceiling.The Daily Beast
. “You don’t get a cookie. You don’t get to be treated like you’re the second coming of LBJ. You’re just a person doing the bare minimum of not intentionally screwing over your constituents.” He said that Democrats must reject the very idea of negotiating, which most Democrats agree with, according to. “We have to tell them there is no table,” he continued. “The one thing that is more dangerous than staring these guys down is not staring these guys down. Because if this becomes a tactic that works, it will never, ever end.
“In exchange for not crashing the United States economy, you get nothing,” one Democrat said. “You don’t get a cookie.”