Debt ceiling deadline extended to June 5

I started working since I was 14 years old, as did my deceased husband. I'm now 68 years old. So, for 51 years of my working life, social security was deducted from my paycheck as was my husband before his death. As a widow I can only collect either mine or his social security. Since he earned more, I picked his. However, I am only allowed to get 70% of his social security and had to give up 100% of mine. That's 130% taxation I have pay for social security benefits that my husband and I already earned.

I only hear the GOP MAGA demanding Biden give away all of my benefits as well as well as that of my 87 year old mother's social security widow's benefit too. Get us to go to work the MAGA says. I was already having a problem getting a job in my field when I was 54 years old, I had to work retail until I could retire.

So, if they are making "deals", what's MAGA putting on the table? Nothing! That's right. MAGA is putting NOTHING in the negotiations! They only want Democrats to give, so they can take and give nothing! They demand the retirement funds we already paid into. And two weeks after they manage to steal what we earned, MAGA will be introducing legislation to give the wealthiest a huge tax cut.

MAGA wants to give my social security to the rich, many of them who have not paid taxes in years! So once those ultra rich tax evaders get my benefits, they won't have to pay any taxes. It's not about fiscal responsibility, as MAGA says, if they plan to add more to the deficit by giving the rich more tax breaks and corporate welfare to fund their businesses by using my social security instead of using their own money through the SBA.

We workers made these companies rich through our labor, but that's not enough for those greedy misers. They think they need to squeeze every bit of life we have left for themselves like ruthless vampires.

YEP FEAR SO IF THE PRESIDENT SAYS WE HAVE IT TOGETHER THEM THAT WHAT IT IS

Yellen should step down or be fired

IT'S a crisis because it's reasonable to imagine the GOP pushing the country off a cliff. Because they can.

First rule of negotiating: Don't negotiate with terrorists.
If the GOP takes down the world economy, just swear out an Interpol warrant and ship the international terrorists off to Guantanamo.
Biden is soooo weak.

the wealthy is going to pay their fair share

Are they not getting enough of our money or what?

Republicans added over 25% of the current existing accumulated national debt during Trump's 4 years as president.

The usual dem game. Someday this country will be nuked, and it will be the dems that do it.

McCarthy, debt payment has nothing to do with your party "getting something". It has to do with paying the U.S. debt as required in the Constitution and at the behest of the taxpayers. Hold the world economy hostage to punish the poor?
You won't get a candidate in office until the memory of this dies with you.

Just so I understand, the debt ceiling is money that we OWE that we need to PAY for services we have already RECEIVED. They can just extend the deadline whenever they want to? So if I went to a restaurant and ordered food, ate the food, enjoyed the food, and the check came, I could just say “let’s extend this and I’ll pay you in 5 days”? And nobody sees anything wrong with that picture? 😂😂😂

Keep pushing that rotten can down the road ! Biden does or says nothing about his overspending 10 Trillion since he got in ! Clearly the buck never stopped at his desk - it’s always someone else ‘s problem ! Face it - he just sucks !

GOP MAKING AMERICANS AND AMERICA INSECURE. GOP RUNNING AMERICA TO THE GROUND. OUR SOCIAL SECURITY WE WORKED FOR ALL OUR LIVES ON THE LINE. SOMETHING WE CAN'T RELY ON.
VOTING BLUE ALL THE WAY!!!!!

"Extension" is a major misnomer, and a lot of comments here show why.

For the confused: As I understand it there was no act by Congress, this is a revision of the estimated date the Treasury has been providing. As has been stated from the beginning: it's an estimate. An estimate based on a lot of data and hard work, but there's so much money going in and out of the federal government it's understandably difficult to know exactly.

Pay our bills in a timely fashion, the way the Constitution requirs and the taxpayers demand. Don't let propagandists convince you that somehow you don't deserve it. THIS IS OUR MONEY. IT CAME FROM US.
GOP GFY.

Just extend it to July and call it good simple as that

All republicans are doing is ensuring they lose voters with the behavior of delaying taking care of the debt ceiling

POS ILLEGITIMATE P E D O CLOWN SHOWS NEED TO GO

Mccarthy stay with it do not give in to the demoncrats.

These clowns should be removed for dereliction of duty.

HMMMM, how about that.

Democrats hate it when they can't spend money how they want...

Most Americans know democrats and media are liars 77 percent voted for Biden’s impeachment for a reason he’s a racist coward who got money from China it’s fact you can look up

Janet Yellen wrote a letter to Kevin telling him what he really should be doing instead of holding the country economically hostage.

The fact that Biden is even negotiating with these fascists tells me Biden is not concerned about standing up for Progressives. If Biden makes a deal he will lose many Democratic votes in 2024.

The republicans agreed to raise the debt ceiling 3 times under the Trump administration. Even though the republicans are responsible for 8 trillion dollars in new debit in just 4 years a USA record of debt by any administration. 98% of this money went to the wealthiest people and corporate America. Now these republican economic treasonous terrorists want you peasant to pay for their reckless careless economic treasonous policy. Holding the country hostage with extortion. Republicans are corrupt criminals. After what the republicans did on January 6th these corrupt criminals should be held accountable and taken to Guantanamo bay many are in the house of representatives its just disgusting and disgraceful that our attorney general Garland and the department of justice set on their collective rear ends and do absolutely nothing they are turning out to be corrupt criminals themselves.

Let it take a drownding bath! there untethered, irresponsible running of the whole damn GOVERNMENT! This disaster has to come to a head now and bring this to its END now. We the people have watched both sides up and down lie, cheat, steal, deceived, and some involved in murders. Just who did WE elect to lead us where? On the good side of this shitstorm is IMPEACHMENT, FIRE EMEDEITLY, DONT EVEN CLEAL YOUR WORK STATION, JUST GET OUT NOW BEFORE THE REAL SHIT STARTS.

Only stupid idiots vote for nazi republicans

Republicans started a insurrection. They sure as hell don’t care about American economy

Extension... DEMS MOVE GOAL POST AS NEEDED

The American people are being fleeced!

LoL F**k the u. s. Government

This is all bull 💩 I’m calling it rn they want a default it’s a systematic breakdown of the American economy and they want default and Brandon is chinas puppy

I will go home while a fake disaster is looming.

Biden and the rest of the Democrat party are all swamp members and always have been period Lonnie ray

President Biden, please, you have to plead the 14th. The MAGA Republicans want to extend the time, like Trump always does.
Please don't fall for it!
I can't believe it! Stop playing chicken with them. This just makes people think that you are weak. We don't see any fairness here.
Don't give into Trump's traps. He is the one doing all this, he wants to be you who carries the blamed. He will say that you had the chance to plead the 14th but didn't do it! And that, with him being president, the country will strive. As if... Yeah, right!
Please, beat them to their game!
It's not fair that they always get their ways, only for Trump. What are the odds of him becoming president again. You will have to contend with DeSantis, who is younger and smarter than Trump! And, his wife is the one leading everything!
If you allow the Republicans, they'll do what is obvious, which is waste time, and get away with what they want! Just to make Trump happy and throws them a bone to lick!
We already have our credit messed up!
And we, the people, do not know what to expect!🤔
It's terrible the anguish that people who get by, only with their Social Security, don't know their future, hoping not to be living in the streets soon.
People are getting ill just to wonder whether you will or won't help the tax payers of the country who help all of you to survive!😱
It's not Trump, or DeSantis, not even the Republicans and their ignorant, stupid, trigger happy base and certain Congress members that will be able "to keep the soul of the country!" On the contrary.
One idiot, greedy, man with a grandeur complex, the size of Everest will be the one who brings down our so beautiful country, without moving a finger! And, "that will be TRUMP!
In my opinion, if he were to have a stroke or a heart attack and he might not become president ever again; if he were to die, expect that you'll hear his family say that he died a hero. He loved this country! He gave his life for it! And, Nobody understood him!
Which, coming out of their mouths, it will be a total, fabricated lie! And, a manner to grift more!
(Just my humble opinion about all this!)
I'm very worried of everybody's future, which perhaps will change for the worse only to please Trump and his family.

Okay. So they push the problem and make it bigger later on. What have they achieved? Americans are quite a stupid bunch.

What safe guards a nation from financial implosion as a result of politicians over spending and over borrowing year-after-year?

They changed it because of the holiday. Big drama. 😳

everything they say is a lie Yellen says Social security payments will come out june 2 I will belive when I see it all just lies they just love to play with everyone and make people sick all the time

I say F**K ALL politicians... They sell their SOULS to the highest bidder just to get re-elected
There is a huge chunk of America that is between Republican and Democrat! As long as we stay divided into only 2 choices... We are screwed.

Republicans taking food out of the poors mouth

So, the U.S. is bankrupt?

If they can just "extend the deadline" so they can have a weekend that means it's NOT as serious a problem as they are making it out to be.

Government has to be the only place where people can just absolutely blow things to pieces & be dead wrong again & again, & yet, get to keep their jobs and give themselves a raise.

The current administration has made the U.S. the absolute laughing stock of the world stage. So naturally, they’re going to double down. What do they have to lose?

US defaulted last month. they are just coming up with the best way to line their pockets

Lets get a default started let the recession offical start as well.

So you want me to pay my taxes on time ,then pay tax from check then pay tax from whenever i buy anything in store ,then pay taxes at the end of the year and then you have the nerve to give me a credit score !?! Yall are trillions in debt

Look lawmakers go home for a long weekend ,what scumbags,ok joe Biden stop being a trash bag and make a deal
Screw work requirements,And Joe hell with Ukraine and illegal immigrants,To heck with your long weekend for once in you presidential term do one thing right for America,to heck with bill gates and George Soros

There will be no agreement lol bra when will these media folks stop lying and just tell the truth that a crash is coming