Excuse me, “I cannot put gas in the tank and buy groceries” now and raising the ceiling is somehow going to make it so I can in the future? Not it is a rouse, there is no fix by raising the ceiling, its time for the hard medicine and time to take our lumps for the errors we have allowed to happen. Sorry it is evil to pass our evils on to the next generation with the though there would be no consequences to ourselves.
It is time for a new Great Generation to grit our teeth and dig in to the beast we have created and raised.
If you can’t get to work you won’t get paid. Wallet is empty, credit card is maxed out, you call the bank and ask them to raise the limit so you can buy gas so you can get to work so you can get a paycheck so you can pay the balance. Ditto eating.
We may have to raise the debt limit, otherwise there may be no money to spend to pay federal employees to do whatever work they must to keep things functioning and to pay off bills and cut expenses. Inability to pay employees is what ended the Soviet Union. We’re coming awful close to that point one way or another.