If the debt ceiling is raised democrats increase spending. If it is not raised democrats increase spending and blame republicans. How do democrats not hold all the cards?
They don’t hold all the cards...the only card they have in this game is the media. If the debt ceiling is not raised, they cannot increase spending, they can just prioritize what they will spend on a pay as you go basis, everyone below the line gets an IOU, a worthless one in fact unless receipts are raised or the debt ceiling is increased to cover those expenses deemed below the line by the “executive”. First on the list to pay, the interest, next up would be up to the payor unless directed otherwise by the Congress and that is not going to happen with the dems in charge in the Senate and bozo in charge in the whitehouse. Look for some such as we cannot pay military pay or Social Security or some such which the Media will lap up and ram up the ass of the Conservatives 24/7. A media interested in being even in its approach would lay out how the priorities are drawn, why they are beyond what can be funded, but no, this one will castigate the Conservatives.