[impimp]

I dislike your plan. I believe that Boehner needs to play hardball and say there will be no increase in the debt limit - under any circumstances.

I embrace the fiscal cliff because I am not scared of it. I think many with weak adherence to conservative principles are scared of the fiscal cliff.

[Sgt_Schultze]

Bring on the cliff. I’ve said for years that the purpose of many government jobs is to give otherwise unemployable people a middle-class lifestyle, and the purpose of many government social spending is riot control. As long as the US is making its debt payments, it cannot default. And the government takes in more than enough in tax receipts to pay its debt obligations.