David Brooks: The Debt Ceiling Seems To Be The Only Mechanism To Bring Down Spending

[Dragthismf]

The only time people care about this shit is when it gets used as political leverage. Then it’s business as usual. Put money in the hands of working class families. That’s it. That’s all we need to worry about. Nobody gives a shit

[GlitteringMarsupial]

Yes but both sides continue to spend away.
They only seem to disagree on what to spend it on.

[the_moooch]

No the only working mechanism is taxes, want to spend more then tax more, it can’t get simpler than that

[ngoni]

And it isn’t really doing a very good job.

[Bedwetting-Jussies]

The debt ceiling timing every year only indicates the debt has risen by at least another $1 Trillion

[one_human_beer]

David Brooks: Why won’t people vote more Republicans into office? The only alternative is to hold the world economy hostage.