This won’t take long. I do not intend to put up links or post graphs and charts or cite stats (at least, not much). This is just a short post to make what ought to be an obvious observation but seems to get no traction in the political discourse.
Washington is once more gearing up for a Debt Ceiling Showdown. According to the president, we’re going to have to borrow some more money before year’s end, which will require raising the limit on what we may borrow—again. Speaker of the House Boehner has once more drawn a line in the check register and declared “No further!” …