taxes for millionaires, or rolling back rules on big banks and polluters, that they would push the button, throw america into default for the first time in history, and risk throwing us back into recession. mckay, i thought the last election was fought on that very list of issues. i mean, didn t mitt romney go around saying he wanted to defund the environmental protection agency, he wanted to repeal dodd/frank? now they brought that back. i mean what happened? did the president not win? if you talk to most conservatives and republicans, they will not concede that that was a judgment on their platform. they will say, you know, any number of reasons obama won. but what s really funny is that we saw mitt romney come out today, and actually say, government shutdown, not a good idea, guys. you know, as much as i agree with you with the result, i don t think that the best idea is to shut down the government. your reaction to what you heard from the president today. i thought it was a
last couple of years, they would push the button, throw america into default for the first time in history, and risk throwing us back into a recession. now, i am willing to work with anybody who wants to have a serious conversation about our fiscal future. i ve demonstrated that by putting forward serious reforms to tax and entitlement programs that would bring down long-term deficits. i have said in the past and will continue to say i m willing to make a whole bunch of tough decisions, ones that may not be entirely welcomed by my own party. so we re not going to do this under the threat of blowing up the entire economy. i will not negotiate over congress responsibility to pay the bills that have already been racked up. voting for the treasury to pay america s bills is not a concession to me.