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Think Progress: Some obstinate conservatives have decried raising the debt ceiling, saying they will vote against any hike. Rep. Paul Broun (R-GA) is one of these conservatives. Appearing on conservative radio host Martha Zoller’s show today, Broun not only pledged to vote against raising the debt ceiling, but he also shrugged off the potential loss of a quarter million jobs as a result of doing so. Claiming that these employees would largely be public sector workers, he told Zoller that they should get a real job, anyway:

BROUN: We have created this huge debt. […] We’ve got to stop the outrageous spending that’s going on. We hear the CBO says well if we don’t raise the debt limit, it’s going to put so many people out of work, I don’t remember then number, I think it’s 250,000 or something, are gonna be put out of work. Well those are gonna be government employees that are put out of work. There are a lot of government employees that need to go find a real job!

You first asshole. By the way, 9 trillion out of 12 trillion dollars we've accrued in debt is due to the last three Republican presidents. On top of that, most of Obama's contribution is due to the spending we had to do to reverse the complete economic meltdown GOP public policy left with at the end the the Bush/Cheney administration. And at the end of the Clinton administration we were paying down the debt. If Republicans really wanted less debt they would resign immediately and let better Americans lead this country.