Copyright: TVB Pearl News, Ms. Sonya Artero
Video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zy-QLKnNFp4
{O/C} It was the same gripe but a different day over negotiations to end the U.S. government shutdown and raise the debt limit.
President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner continued to play the blame game.
Here's Sonya Artero.
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Today marks day nine of a partial government shutdown in the U.S. That spells a dismal status quo for hundreds of thousands who remain out of work, with no benefits or medical treatment.
A few hours after calling House Speaker John Boehner, President Obama ramped up his rhetoric of faulting Republicans for refusing to negotiate unless they can derail Obamacare.
{Soundbite} BARACK OBAMA, U.S. President: I also told him that having such a conversation, talks, negotiations shouldn't require hanging the threats of a government shutdown or economic chaos over the heads of the American people.
But the speaker of the House said Republicans won't budge unless the president agrees to discuss how to steer the government to live within its means.
{Soundbite} JOHN BOEHNER, U.S. House Speaker (R): The idea that we should continue to spend money that we don't have and give the bill to our kids and our grandkids would be wrong.
Boehner also said it's a scary dealing with a president who's setting a dangerous precedent.
{Soundbite} Listen, there's never been a president in our history that did not negotiate over the debt limit. Never. Not once.
Instead of printing more money, Republicans insist they're begging Obama to help them make the government more debt responsible.
{Soundbite} MORRIS BROOKS, U.S. Congressman (R) - Alabama: As bad as a government shutdown debt ceiling risk may be they are relatively inconsequential compared to the economic devastation resulting from an American bankruptcy.
But with the Tea Party pulling the Republican strings, this political strategist warns Wall Street to prepare for the worst.
{Soundbite} GREG VALLIERE, Political Strategist, Potomac Research Group: Wall Street and the big banks are the villains for a lot of the Tea Party crowds.
As if teetering on a catastrophic debt default wasn't enough of a national outrage, the shutdown means all U.S. military killed in action are being denied death benefits that their families are supposed to be guaranteed.
Sonya Artero, TVB news.
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