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Originally Posted by Jesus H Christ
if the money was already committed (owed) it was not properly budgeted ie., the problem. Meaning, if the Gov followed their own rules they wouldn't need to raise the debt limit and why the republicans want a solution to a never ending problem.
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That is very simplistic ...
Some variables have influence on the budget, for revenues as for expenses ...
For revenues, high unemployment, failed businesses, personnal bankruptcies lower the income.
For expenses, again high unemployment , un-forecasted wars ( though the USA should have a yearly war budget .. ) , natural disaters influebnce those.
Now, you seem to think that is is just like a credit card : thery raise my limit, so I can go and spend more money till I reach again the limit ... it isn`t.
It is more like a bank account with a credit line ... if you ever had that .. you draw on your credit line ... expecting an income to deposit ( like the end to the Bush tax cuts ) .. but it does not come .. so you have those checks in circulation ( already received the services/merchandised ) and they must be covered ... Once they clear, you have no more margin ; you caped it ...
This means you can only pay out the same amount that comes in , leaving alot of expenditures in default ( such as SS ) I understand the teapublicans want that , but you cannot stop a cruiseliner ship in the ocean on a dime ....
