Tag: debt limit
Oct. 11, 2013
Welcome to the new normal
The government is shut down. Eight hundred thousand people are out of work. National parks are closed. NASA is closed. The courts are working unpaid…
Sep. 27, 2013
Honey, I broke the government
On Sept. 24, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, finished an enormous speech on the Senate floor, weighing in at a whopping 21 hours and 19 minutes.…
Jan. 18, 2013
The trillion dollar coin and you
In the United States, the president must get the approval of Congress to raise the public debt limit every time government spending reaches the imposed…