We hit the debt ceiling..

cabinetmaker

..and the world did not come to an end. Maybe now the govt can try to live within its means.

stephen_hannibal

bigharpoon

We haven't hit the debt ceiling until there are riots in the streets. Until then...business as usual I suspect.

skweekz

I'm sure we'll just figure out a way to raise the ceiling

kuzi16

Amos Umwhat

skweekz:

I'm sure we'll just figure out a way to raise the ceiling

If I'm not mistaken, this is about the 80th or 81st time we've raised the "ceiling", another illusion perpetuated to make us believe there's such a thing as a budget.

Vulchor

In some instances it would be considered a great accomplishment to "raise the roof"...I anticipate the govt will try to cast this pun in a similar light.

skweekz

Amos Umwhat

That's hilarious!

Goldy

This debt is really starting to worry me. Small amounts of debt are fine if not beneficial but it feels like the US debt is spinning out of control at such a rate that defaulting will soon be the only option. I'm gald I work for a British company.

Joeyjoe21_8

british or not, if we default, everyone is affected big time. it will suck.

phobicsquirrel

Amos Umwhat:

skweekz:

I'm sure we'll just figure out a way to raise the ceiling

If I'm not mistaken, this is about the 80th or 81st time we've raised the "ceiling", another illusion perpetuated to make us believe there's such a thing as a budget.

sad thing is the money was already spent. We need to end these wars!

phobicsquirrel

Joeyjoe21_8:

british or not, if we default, everyone is affected big time. it will suck.

yup!

jj20030

and read this whats going on here locally and the comments crazy, our city kings and queens are trying to act and live just like the feds. just because they offer money(which we dont have) you dont have to accept it, this is about a 24 million dollar hurricane safe house. they already use faclities somewhere else(at billionaire tillman ferttitas hotel here) and it would cost 15,000 a year just for the upkeep, http://galvestondailynews.com/story/231714

Vulchor

phobicsquirrel:

Amos Umwhat:

skweekz:

I'm sure we'll just figure out a way to raise the ceiling

If I'm not mistaken, this is about the 80th or 81st time we've raised the "ceiling", another illusion perpetuated to make us believe there's such a thing as a budget.

sad thing is the money was already spent. We need to end these wars!

Can I get a witness from the congregation!!!

lilwing88

Hitting the debt ceiling is not the problem. It's what happens in the next 90 days that matters. I assume that we'll just raise it. But the closer we get to the deadline that Congress has to act could affect the market and interest rates could go way up.

cabinetmaker

Once the spending stops the fact of just how bad things really are will make hard for the media to keep carrying Obama's water.

Ken Light

The world hasn't ended, you say? Isn't it supposed to end on Saturday? If that was all a hoax I'm pretty screwed since I'm supposed to get married the following friday and then the wedding will actually happen. Mostly kidding...

skweekz

cabinetmaker

Ken Light:

The world hasn't ended, you say? Isn't it supposed to end on Saturday? If that was all a hoax I'm pretty screwed since I'm supposed to get married the following friday and then the wedding will actually happen. Mostly kidding...

Saturday @ 6.....