Nope. Tell them what to think because people (understandably) have no idea what the debt ceiling is or what will happen if it's not raised. Better than listening to them say "Don't you dare raise the debt ceiling" and then in a month listening to them rant about "Why the f didn't you raise the debt ceiling?!"
Left-wing in a nut-shell, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for being stereotypical.
It's ridiculous to try and be faux populist about this and act all offended when someone tells you what is factually correct.
The debt ceiling increase can be as unpopular as all get-out, but that doesn't change the fact that it
must be raised. There's no getting around this. Even under the craziest of budgets, even under the Republicans' own budget, it must be raised. That's because raising the debt ceiling has nothing to do with more spending, it has to do with
committments that have already been made, money that has already been spent. Leadership is not about bending to the fickle whims of the public whenever the wind starts to blow in one direction or another, it's about doing the right thing and doing what
has to be done. This is practically housekeeping, it's a routine issue that rarely generated much to-do in the past. It shouldn't be an issue because it's a basic necessity and something that has to be raised (no matter what) unless we want a world economic crash.
Also, if you want to play up to the fickle whims of the public just remember it can be used against you just as quickly. Since you're all about "the people" I guess you're totally cool with additional taxes on the wealthy, since that has widespread public support..
