Can Someone Please Explain the Debt Ceiling?

[roxbubbagum]

[Riley.]

but seriously lose the ranch av

that shit wasn't funny the day it happened. it certainly isn't funny days later

[nezsem]

made up nuraber, so it'd be foolish to cross when we can make another made up nuraber and try to smooth things out over time

[You bet your wife]

go on

[lacrossegal511]

reagen was into raising taxes and cutting bills, modern republicans sack ride him but are lost to his ways

[big girl]

seems like you could do a little of both instead of having to choose one or the other.

[Rose Black]

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[edgar_2742]

think of it like you paying bills with your credit card because you have no money
then one day you're nearing your credit limit but you've already had the work done and the contractors want their money
you go to the bank and beg for a credit limit increase

your CC's credit limit is like the countries debt ceiling

[damienbfree]

they're just trying to make brobama look worse

half the general public has no idea wtf is going on and they'll blame it on him because he was the POTUS when all this shit storm went down

[DrexelRep]

tell taht to the tea party nuts who refuse to tax the rich 1% more