Quantum Windbag
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Let's see who blinks first..
WASHINGTON -- Growing increasingly pessimistic about the prospects for a deal that would raise the debt ceiling, Democratic senators are revisiting a solution to the crisis that rests on a simple proposition: The debt ceiling itself is unconstitutional.
"The validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law... shall not be questioned," reads the 14th Amendment.
"This is an issue that's been raised in some private debate between senators as to whether in fact we can default, or whether that provision of the Constitution can be held up as preventing default," Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.), an attorney, told The Huffington Post Tuesday. "I don't think, as of a couple weeks ago, when this was first raised, it was seen as a pressing option. But I'll tell you that it's going to get a pretty strong second look as a way of saying, 'Is there some way to save us from ourselves?'"
14th Amendment: Democratic Senators See Debt Ceiling As Unconstitutional
My position is that this is bullshit.
The executive branch cannot do this, they do not have the authority. Spending and borrowing has to be approved by Congress, the executive cannot unilaterally decide to keep borrowing in order to keep the government running. Being neither a (D) or an (R) I will oppose this no matter who tires it.
Will you?