And the GOP fears even closing National Parks, cutting PBS and Planned Parenthood so much that they won't even insist on cuts that don't even come to 1%...that don't even equal a couple of days of new debt.
And we wonder why Trump is getting so much attention?
I've seen a lot of talk lately (because its the 150th anniversary) about Ft Sumter. Some folks say that the South need not have fired, and that secession might have gone more smoothly if no violence had been initiated. I take no position on that myself -- but the feeling is that firing on Ft Sumter was a tactical mistake.
Easy to say in hindsight.
Today, the GOP is faced with a tough choice -- hold on to political capital and just cut $38B here or there, or go for the big event (debt ceiling) and force the whole issue of runaway government spending to be faced head-on.
I suppose risking a crash might be a tactical mistake and might be like firing on Ft Sumter. But I sure don't see how we get free from tyranny by cutting $38B here or there.