LEVIN: Biden Lies about the U.S. Debt & 14th Amendment (Video, Summary)

THE U.S. CONSTITUTION GIVES THE POWER TO CONGRESS TO DEAL WITH THE DEBT, TAXES, ETC., NOT TO THE PRESIDENT Using the U.S. Constitution, constitutional lawyer Mark Levin explained yesterday on his TV show the rules for dealing with the U.S. debt. He also cited numerous lies coming from Joe Biden and the Democrats about the debt ceiling negotiations and their new invention of using the 14th Amendment to circumvent the power of Congress. LEVIN: “The big lie this week is over the federal debt and whether we are going to default and we are getting an incredible amount of demagogic propaganda from the White House, from [Joe Biden] and his press secretary as well as the Democrats.” Why is this important? LEVIN: “I want to break this down for you, because it will determine the state of our economy in the weeks, months, years ahead.” Below the video are highlights of what Mark Levin said. Video via Mark Levin Show on Rumble: Biden Serial Liar

HIGHLIGHTS The Framers of the Constitution gave the powers to Congress, specifically the House of Representatives: LEVIN: “First of all, we need to look at the Constitution… Who is responsible for spending and borrowing and raising taxes? The President? Obviously, not.” Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution: The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States LEVIN: “The first part of that – it is not a suggestion. It is not ambiguous. This is a core power that the Legislature has.” “[T]he Framers of your Constitution… wanted this power not to be with the King, that is, not to be with this Presidency that they’ve created or this Executive Branch. (They’re supposed to execute the laws passed by Congress.) They [the Framers] wanted to give this power (and they did) to Congress. Even more specifically, they wanted to give it to the people who are directly elected in Congress. (The Senate at that time was chosen by the State Legislatures.) The House was chosen by the people. So, you – we the people – have some say so over the finances of our country…This is explicit…This is a primary core duty of the Congress, specifically of the House of Representatives.” Duties of the Executive Branch, the President: Article 2, Section 3 of the U.S. Constitution: “…he shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed” LEVIN: “The faithful execution of the laws passed by Congress. He took an oath during his inauguration – Biden did – to uphold the laws – even if you disagree with the laws. But Biden doesn’t comprehend this or he doesn’t care.” Biden violates: – Our immigration laws – Title IX – The spending clause Democrats want: – to stuff the Supreme Court with more leftists so they can do whatever they want to do. – to eliminate the filibuster rule so if they have a majority, they can ram through whatever law they want. – to add Puerto Rico and DC as states so they can have more Democrats. – to change the election laws so they never lose. Putting it all together: LEVIN: “So, again, Article II, Section 3, “he shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed.” So when you put that section together – as the Framers did – with Article I, who is responsible for land taxes, collecting taxes, spending and borrowing? Congress. Is the job of the President of the United States to protect Congress’ roll.” The 14th Amendment has nothing to do with spending and borrowing as Biden and Democrats are claiming. The 14th Amendment was drafted to clean up the finances of the Civil War: LEVIN: “Joe Biden and his advisors, some of these loony professors … say Section 4 of the 14th Amendment (which was ratified on July 9, 1868) – that the people who ratified that and the people who drafted it intended for the President of the United State to have the power to go around Congress’ core function under Article I and if he wants to spend and if he wants to borrow and if he wants to tax, he is free to do so.” “[T]heir argument… is so preposterous.” Amendment 14, Section 4 of the U.S. Constitution: The validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and bounties for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be questioned. But neither the United States nor any State shall assume or pay any debt or obligation incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion against the United States, or any claim for the loss or emancipation of any slave; but all such debts, obligations and claims shall be held illegal and void. LEVIN: “What was the point of this section? To clean up the finances of the United States of America and determine as a general matter who would be paid and who wouldn’t be paid after and as the result of the Civil War. This has nothing to do with the full faith and credit of the United States today.” LEVIN: “In other words, what they are saying is, look, as a federal government, as a union now, these are the debts we are going to pay: services to suppressing the confederacy. But we are not going to pay anything – not one nickel – in support of the confederacy.” U.S. DEBT UNDER BIDEN So far in 2023 as of April: [Source: U.S. Dept. of Treasury Fiscal Data] – Federal government revenue: $2.69 trillion – Federal government spending: $3.61 trillion – U.S. National Debt as of April 2023: $31.46 trillion – In 2022 the federal government collected: $4.90 trillion – In 2022 the federal government spent: $6.27 trillion – In 2022 the federal government added: $1.38 trillion in debt U.S. Debt under Biden: – In 2022 the federal government added: $1.38 trillion in debthttps://t.co/USvvCVvapu pic.twitter.com/tyNhTJY6ko — Fact REAL (@FactREAL) May 22, 2023 BIDEN DEBT INCREASE PROJECTIONS [Source: U.S. Senate Budget Committee – March 2023] – Between 2021 and 2031, the debt will be $6 trillion higher than was projected when Biden took office. – Between 2024 and 2033, interest costs from borrowing will total a staggering $10.2 trillion. – The Biden Budget would increase debt held by the public from $32.7 trillion in 2023 to $50.7 trillion by 2033. Biden debt increase projections:https://t.co/USvvCVvapu pic.twitter.com/SCBNjJTiGr — Fact REAL (@FactREAL) May 22, 2023 Lefty fact-checkers say Biden didn’t cut the federal deficit by $1.7 trillion LEVIN: Biden says “that he cut the federal deficit by $1.7 trillion. Every single fact-checker (they are all on the Left) say that’s a lie. He [Biden] didn’t cut the deficit by $1.7 trillion – that’s the reduction as a result of the COVID spending.” FactCheck.org (a left-wing site): All said, the decline in the deficit over the past fiscal year is more than entirely the result of waning COVID relief and not of historic deficit reduction by President Biden as the White House claims,” CRFB wrote.

Republicans are proposing a very modest cut to spending. Biden says that social security checks would stop. Social Security doesn’t need Congress to authorize funds for each year: Instead, Social Security benefits are considered mandatory spending and are paid from the program’s trust fund, and therefore, the agency has the funds to continue paying benefits.” [Source: LBJlegal.com, ‘Is Social Security Affected by a Government Shutdown or Default?] Medicare has its own trust fund. It will pay physicians and hospitals out of the trust fund: Medicare continued to pay physicians and hospitals during the shutdown, and the ability to reimburse providers and plans was never in question, because claims are paid [Source: GHG Advisors: ‘New Conventional Wisdom: A Government Shutdown and New Debt Crisis are Gonna Happen,’ Sept. 20, 2013] Government agencies that won’t shut down as a matter of federal law: They can be affected by a prolonged government shutdown [but federal employees continue to work according to Veteran.com] – Federal Bureau of Investigation – Federal Bureau of Prisons – Drug Enforcement Agency – Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, And Firearms – Department of Homeland Security – Customs And Border Protection – Transportation Security Administration – Department of Defense [Source: Veteran.com, December 1, 2021] LEVIN: “Medicare, Social Security, the VA [Veterans Administration] are protected. The military [is also] protected.” More Biden Lies: – In 1975, Joe Biden introduced a bill that would have required new legislation every 4 to 6 years to re-authorize Social Security and Medicare. – In 1995, Biden did the same thing: He introduced a motion on the floor of the Senate to do exactly the same thing. – Today, Biden accuses Republicans of trying to cut Medicare and Social Security benefits. Joe Biden, a segregationist: – Biden opposed integration in our public schools. Then Biden lectures Americans about white supremacy being the greatest danger we face. – Here we have a man [Joe Biden], who is a throwback of the segregation period, warning all of us that tens of millions of Americans – we are just like him. But we are nothing like him. – He is, in my view, a serial, serial liar. To have a serial liar in the White House is a dangerous thing. – – – – – – – – – – – – – – END OF HIGHLIGHTS – – – – – – – – – – – – – –

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