Could they squeeze it until janaury 21st? Even January 20th actually. It’d be hilarious to see the goverment shut down on inauguration day so Trump’s special moment is taken away.
How delusional and petty are people to want this? Peoples lives that live paycheck to paycheck are at stake because of this and you are getting upvoted because you believe that this would somehow affect trumps ego negatively.
You know what actually happens if it shuts down on Inauguration Day? It even more deeply entrenches people’s vote for trump. They will say “look Biden and the democrats couldn’t even keep the country running, good thing Trump is president now”. And guess what, people would still show up, but this time of no one is working in government they will finish the job they started on J6.
I’m expecting Trump will refuse to raise the limit unless he’s personally enriched. My personal guess is that at some point in this term he’s going to try to take out a large personal loan backed by the US economy. Probably by eliminating the debt ceiling and then just printing money for himself.
I’ve been wondering if he will try the trillion dollar coin workaround.
Previously, no one’s been willing to open that can of worms, but this is Trump we’re talking about.
If he mints a trillion dollar coin he’s absolutely just going to keep it.
In his pocket. And rub it for luck every time he sends a Truth Social tweet (I refuse to call it what they want me to call it).
This again, they’ll just raise it
They always do, but only after the Neolibs accept the Fascists amendment to chip further away at our rights and freedoms.
No money for schools or medicine, literally infinite money for arms manufacturers.
Nothing will meaningfully improve until the rich fear for their lives
remember that the debt limit is only a thing so they can hijack legislation with the threat of shutting down the government. there’s no other reason to have it if the only way the government can function is by raising it every time.
Again? Yawn. Congress needs to stop pretending they’re useful by creating problems and then half-assedly “solving” them. If politicians did their jobs properly, we wouldn’t need to spend so much time into learning about the jobs they’re supposed to be doing.
