Republicans Should Raise the Debt Ceiling

By: Nick Ottens (Diary)  |  January 18th at 12:01 PM  | 

Newly invigorated with a sense of fiscal conservatism by the rise of the Tea Party, Republican legislators in Congress will be reluctant to raise the nation’s debt ceiling this spring. But they really don’t have a choice. After billions in stimulus spending and bailing out banks and automakers, the Federal Government’s finances are in a dismal state. This fiscal year, the federal deficit is set | Read More »