Putting a Little Hitch in the GOP's Git Along

In the end, Congress will just have to raise the debt ceiling. They'd better because I want to cash in on my 403B, and this is killing the stock market and my bundle. Sometimes, you really do get the fuzzy end of the lollipop (with certain Congresses), as Marilyn Monroe kind of said in "Some Like it Hot."

Even the president of the IMF said that refusing to raise it could cause "severe shock" to the global economy, which would lead to an even bigger meltdown, so they'd better hop to it and do it while the getting's good.

Besides, it's not exactly a shocking idea, as Congress started raising it after enacting the Second Liberty Bond Act in 1917. Ever since, our debt has inched its way up from the millions to the billions, and this may be part of the reason that the Republicans are dragging their feet. Though that may be giving them too much credit as, no jewels themselves, they often act like a bunch of grumpy kindergarteners in need of a nap and some milk and cookies.

If the Repubs. don't want to become Kamikaze politicians, they'd better come up with a plan that doesn't involve genuflecting to the rich while throwing the poor and the elderly under the bus. After all, it is the good people that put them into office, and it will be the same ones who take them out unless they put a little hitch in their git along