[andyk]

All one can do is move items around, an exercise akin to furniture rearrangement on the Titanic.

If that point comes, and the debt ceiling is not raised, and we have to prioritize revenues, I do not consider that akin to "furniture rearrangement on the Titanic". On the contrary, it is an acceptance of the cold hard reality of our profligate ways. It is the first of many steps.

[unkus]

In other words, we’re in for some nasty times?