In exchange for "paying the Nation's Bills on time" -- instead of tearing them up and going Chapter 11 -- the Republicans in Congress are willing to "do their jobs," IF ONLY they get a few little things, in exchange first.
All that's missing is the mismatched font-type cut-outs ... for their specific demands.
GOP Holds Economy Hostage with Laundry List of Demands
by Nina Kate, opposingviews.com -- Sep 26, 2013
Just yesterday, nixing Obamacare appeared to be the lone, if losing, issue on the Republican agenda. But now House GOPers are literally going for broke by demanding not only the dismantling of the Affordable Care Act, but the enactment of what essentially amounts to the entire Mitt Romney agenda that voters shot down in the last presidential election.
In exchange for a one-year increase of the debt limit, Republicans want Obamacare to be postponed by one year, increased military spending, expanded offshore drilling, the go-ahead for the environmentally disastrous Keystone pipeline and tax reform, Paul-Ryan style.
They want a policy to reduce regulations on energy that “Includes pretty much every jobs bill we have passed this year and last Congress.”
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The Republicans in Congress, our elected representatives,
are only willing to "do their jobs," IF they FIRST get a few little things, in exchange for working.
Making these type of quid-pro-quo demands, is sometimes called "taking a bribe" too.
Dear GOP:
Don't you know one of the key hallmarks of a "Deadbeat" -- is refusing to pay your bills when they show up every month?
SO, welcome to that very special club you've invented GOP ... "Deadbeats Anonymous."
With the Tea Party Obstructionists being among its founding 'charter members.'
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