Let the shutdown begin

[Reincarnate]

Originally Posted by bmah

The debt ceiling is so high that they should've just defaulted. The longer the delay, the more the pain racks up.

No, no, no -- you do not want the US to default.

Besides, our debt is not a huge problem right now. It is a huge number, yes, but our debt is super cheap, our GDP is very large, and we've been handling debt/interest payments like these for many years running without much issue (seriously, go look at the numbers right now. Smaller than you thought, right? Also note how this goes way back past the 90's, the 80's, etc.). The priority is to not let it grow to the point where it becomes a problem. We are not in a debt crisis.

The math is not terribly hard to figure out -- the problem is ideology.