The Issue: The deal reached by President Biden and the House to suspend the debt limit and cap spending.
The question on the minds of many Americans is which party “won” the battle of the debt ceiling (“House OKs bill on debt ceiling,” June 1). The answer is both Republica🅘ns a🤡nd Democrats.
Although President Biden was shown to ꦰbe bluffing when he said that he would not negotiate over the matter, he was able to broker an 11th-hour deal with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.
The Republicans ℱwere turned back in their bid to slash government speౠnding, but they got some of what they wanted.
The far l𓂃eft and far right are both decrying the deal, which may mean t🦋hat it was reasonable.
A separate issue is future federal spending, which the p𒆙arties will continue to fight over tooth and nail.
Oren Spiegler
Peters Township, Pa.
McCarthy promised Republicans if tᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚhey elected him speaker, he would eliminate the $80 billion to fund 80,000 new IRS agents. He lied; his “deal” with Biden leav♏es the IRS funding mostly intact.
There are zero clawbacks from the Inflation ��Reduction Act, which funds all man💝ner of green-energy nonsense.
And for this great deal, we get another $4 trillion added to the debt, and the can gets kicked down the🐲 road past🐲 the 2024 election.
John Van Devender
Danbury, Conn.
It is frequently asserted by divorce attorneys that a separation agreem𝔍ent that leaves both parties unhappy 🎃is a fair deal.
All too frequently, divorcing parties are coerced and pressured into signing separation agreements that were ℱredrawn and amended the very day of the hearing.
And similarly, legislators were presented with dire national and internationa﷽l consequences if the debt-ceiling i♉ssue was not resolved presently, and they were provided insufficient time to absorb, digest and analyze the consequences of the fine print.
Compromise agreements have devastating effects sometimes, and the only winners are the legislatorsﷺ who can parade their accomplishment to theꦑir constituents.
Betty Ussach
Dartmouth, Mass.
Now that the Fiscal Responsibility Act has passed, extending𓂃 our debt limit until💙 Jan. 2025, what important legislation should our president and Congress act upon that will benefit all Americans?
To name just a few concerns: inflation, climate change, energy sources, rebuilding infrastructur✨e, civil unrest, education needs and health issues.
There should also be an effort to reduce our national debt of $32 trillion, so future🌳 generations will have the means to live a productive and prosperous life.
Bob Sweeney
Warwick, RI
The Issue: Reports of a 2-year-old in North Korea who was imprisoned with his family for possessing a Bible.
I was so sorry to read about the 2-year-old and his family who were sentenced to life imprisonment for the “crime” of owning a Bible (“NoKo bible horror,” May 29).
I couldn’t help thinking about when Otto Warmbier was alleged🅷ly beaten by North Korean soldiers after he was accused of stealing a banner.
When that happened, some racist college professor said that he committed his so-called “crime” as a result of supposed white privilege. I wonder ꦜif that professor will have anything to say about this atrocity.
John Francis Fox
Sunnyside
I can’t stop thinking about the family in North Korea th𝔍at was arrested for ♔having a Bible.
I can✱not imagine taking a little toddler and locking him up fo🧸r life.
Former President Donald Trump was once able to communicate with Kim Jong Un, and maybe 🎶he could reason with North Korea.
Linda Friedland
Whippany, NJ
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