With Republicans likely to gain control of the House, Democrats need to sabotageproof the government by voting to raise the debt ceiling by a quadrillion dollars. jonathanchait writes
It is highly likely that the Republican Party will win control of the House of Representatives in the midterm elections. It is also highly likely that they will attempt to melt down the global economy as part of an. And it is apparently the case that nobody has yet formulated a plan to avert this catastrophe.debt ceiling
The plot ultimately failed, but it was a near-run thing. The Republican leadership was largely helpless to talk reason into its militant right wing, flailing about through multiple tantrums before finally muddling through to a surrender. Now that Republicans are on the cusp of power again, they are predictably planning to run the same play.
Compared to a decade ago, the Republican caucus is considerably more insane. The definition of a crazy House Republican in 2011 was an Ayn Rand reader who thought Obama was turning the United States into Greece and might have been born in Kenya. The definition of a crazy House Republican today is somebody who thinks the Democratic Party is controlled by a secret cabal of pedophiles and maybe favors armed revolution.
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