In a previous interview with ABC, Cheney had warned GOP presidential candidates about saying they opposed the debt-ceiling increase under any circumstances. But he reiterated his support for using the debt ceiling as a negotiating tool to encourage budget cuts.
"You've gotta maintain the credit worthiness of the United States government," Cheney said. "And you've got an obligation obviously to pay your debts. I didn't have a problem with the notion that our guys would say, 'But we're not doing anything with the debt ceiling until you sign up for deficit reduction.'"
This is the same Vice-President who in 2002 said "Reagan proved deficits don't matter" when it came to spending trillions for Iraq and Afghanistan.
But when President Obama took office, suddenly Cheney's a fiscal conservative.
Asshole.
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