From Zerohedge, all you need to know about the debt ceiling issue:
“I just don’t get it! They’re crazy for not compromising! Their political games are going to ruin the country! Why not just raise the ceiling?!”
What these people are lacking is a basic understanding of the bigger picture. Ultimately, this debate is not about raising or freezing the debt ceiling. This debate is not about saving our economy or our global credit standing.This debate is about choosing our method of poison, and nothing more. That is to say, the outcome of the current “political clash” is irrelevant. Our economy was set on the final leg of total destabilization back in 2008, and no amount of spending reform, higher taxes, or austerity measures, are going to change that eventuality.
[...] political charade. Ultimately it strengthened the parasites, again, by further weakening the host. Zerohedge pointed out: This debate is not about saving our economy or our global credit standing. This debate [...]