FireAg said:The debt limit increases need to stop...federal employee jobs be damned...aggie93 said:No way to prove that of course but his track record is damn near flawless. His Lifetime rating from the ACU in Congress was 99.36% (he voted on a Hurricane Relief Bill to "ruin" his perfect record). He helped found the Freedom Caucus. He was one of the VERY few Republicans that opposed Paul Ryan as Speaker primarily over reasons like this. He held himself to Term Limits. He refused a Congressional Pension even though he is not a wealthy man. Then of course his economic record in Florida is incredible and they are not only running big surpluses while operating at half the budget of NY with better results he has been paying down their debt to the point where it could be completely gone in the next few years. He certainly has shown he is willing to stand up for what he believes when it comes to Disney and Covid among other things.FireAg said:Where does he stand on the debt ceiling, and does he have the testicular fortitude to shut down the government, federal employees be damned, to get debt spending under control?aggie93 said:NEW: @RonDeSantis calls out big spenders in GOP like Donald Trump:
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There literally is not much else he could possibly do to prove himself as sincere and capable.
I want a President who has the balls to do this and not cave to pressure...no matter how ugly it gets...
Have you seen anything about Desantis in the news over the past 2-3 years? That should answer any questions you have about his fortitude. And if it doesn't then I'm sorry but you're not truly, honestly open to considering him no matter what you moght post.