Reaaally not looking forward to finding out if McCarthy and the House Freedom Caucus are going to cause a global economic collapse over shit they know is a non-starter.
What makes it all so much worse is that you have a bunch of progressives (the officials AND their online supporters) saying monumentally stupid shit like "just use the 14th Amendment"
1. US government is sued over it (most likely by Republicans) 2. Judge orders the government cannot continue on as if the debt ceiling was raised until the legality of the move is settled in court 3. We default
So it's very reassuring that apparently a whole lot of people think the best thing to do right on the heels of a completely unprecedented national and international financial disaster is to
And I worry that's exactly what's going to happen because Biden horrifically misjudged why he was even elected in the first place and decided to go for re-election.
So I am terrified that the political and economic terrorists in the GOP are going to cause this fucking disaster, a considerable chunk of the progressive wing is going to decide its somehow Biden's fault, and because he has stupidly decided to run again (and, historically, is all but guaranteed to win the nomination)
all the responsibility of picking up the pieces and getting everything running again is going to be left in the hands of people you wouldn't trust to watch your houseplants for a weekend.
(realistically it'll probably be Trump over DeSantis, and a part of me suspects the only reason the GOP is allowing the latter to run is in case Trump just keels over and dies)
McCarthy can only afford to lose 4 votes, which means our future is in the hands of people like MTG, Gaetz, Boebert et al choosing to be sensible and think of the greater good for the first time in their miserable lives.
I am so, so, so tired of the GOP playing these games every fucking time. Especially since- if reports are true- they're once again insisting on spending limits and cuts on everything but defense
(*Social Security was slightly higher last year, but that's not actually money the government is supposed to touch in the first place, they can't just decide to spend less)
I am also begging news outlets to keep bullshit like "well the markets are up because investors are optimistic this won't be an absolute disaster " off the front page
Because short of the GOP suddenly developing a conscience, morals, and a desire for anything more than their own self-interest, this WILL keep happening.
And I'm sure the rest of the world would also appreciate not having to wonder if they're about to have a major economic crisis every few months as well.
Sooner or later (if not this time around), some GOP gagglefucks are gonna just deliberately burn everything down because they only see the debt ceiling as an excuse to get everything on their wish list because they know they can never actually pass it themselves.
Especially because when everything goes to shit they can just say it was the Dems the whole time because lolol Dem President, ignoreeverythingwedidincongress
The fact they're demanding work requirements on food stamps of all things is fucking absurd, every last one of them knows food stamps aren't meant to cover your entire grocery bill for the month.
2. Judge orders the government cannot continue on as if the debt ceiling was raised until the legality of the move is settled in court
3. We default