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COMMENTARY               |               The               same               day               that               5,000               dead               blackbirds               rained               from               the               night-time               sky               over               the               little               Arkansas               town               of               Beebe,               the               U.

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Treasury               website,               according               to               CBS               News,               reported               that               the               national               debt               had               topped               the               $14               trillion               mark.

Harbingers               of               bad               times               ahead?

Perhaps,               but               not               only               had               the               national               debt               topped               the               $14               trillion               level,               but               the               ever-increasing               debt               did               so               just               seven               months               after               it               climbed               above               the               $13               trillion               threshold               (June               1).

To               make               matters               worse,               the               national               debt               is               fast               approaching               the               "debt               ceiling,"               that               numerical               limit               imposed               on               the               federal               government               by               Congress               where,               once               it               has               been               met,               additional               loans               are               forbidden.

The               debt               ceiling               has               also               become               a               point               of               contention               in               Congress               and               one               sure               to               prompt               much               political               theatre               before               its               passage               --               or               its               non-passage,               something               that               has               been               described               as               defaulting               by               "pure               insanity."               Political               analysts               believe               that               the               "debt               ceiling"               might               be               the               newly               convened               112th               Congress'               first               dance               with               gridlock,               that               state               of               inertia               in               a               legislative               body               where               nothing               gets               done               with               a               certain               measure               or               measures.

Newly               arrived               Tea               Party               Republicans               and               veteran               fiscal               hard-liners               seem               determined               to               press               the               point               that               the               federal               government's               spending               must               be               curbed,               if               not               stopped               altogether.

But               campaign               promises               of               limiting               government               spending               and               cutting               federal               costs               are               one               thing.

Refusing               to               allow               the               debt               ceiling               to               be               raised,               cutting               off               the               government's               access               to               funding,               and               essentially               shutting               down               the               government               because               it               has               no               funds               upon               which               to               operate               is               another.
               Austan               Goolsbee,               chairman               of               the               Council               of               Economic               Advisers,               told               ABC's               "This               Week"               that               to               even               countenance               such               a               political               game               of               "chicken"               and               toying               with               the               idea               of               a               threat               of               government               stoppage               was               "pure               insanity."               He               also               noted               that               the               "impact               on               the               economy               would               be               catastrophic."
               Why?

Because               if               the               U.

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defaults               on               its               loans,               most               of               which               are               secured               through               foreign               investments               in               the               U.

S.,               it               devalues               America's               standing               among               nations,               undermines               the               dollar,               and               basically               states               that               the               United               States               isn't               a               reliable               lending               partner.

Defaulting               would               also               increase               the               risk               of               not               being               able               to               secure               future               loans,               further               destabilizing               the               currency               and               the               economy,               or               securing               loans               at               exorbitant               rates               or               in               exchange               for               trade               or               diplomatic               agreements               the               U.

S.

would               normally               not               enter               into.
               But               legislators               like               Rep.

Michele               Bachmann               (R-MN)               said               it               was               time               to               stop               the               spending.

She               told               CBS               "Face               The               Nation,"               "               Congress               has               had               a               big               party               the               last               two               years.

They               couldn't               spend               enough               money.

And               now               they're               standing               back,               folding               their               arms,               saying,               oh,               taunting               us               -               'How               are               you               going               to               go               ahead               and               solve               this               big               spending               crisis?'"
               Yet,               instead               of               offering               proactive               methods               of               reducing               spending,               Bachmann               suggests               simply               not               raising               the               debt               ceiling,               effectively               making               the               federal               government               non-operational,               its               currency               and               trade               standing               uncertain.

She               placed               the               blame               of               the               national               debt               on               Democrats,               but               Rep.

Debbie               Wasserman-Schultz               (D-FL)               disagreed.
               "Let's               remember               the               deficit               was               exploded               by               Republicans,"               she               explained.

"President               Bush               inherited               a               record               surplus               and               turned               it               into               a               record               deficit.

Two               wars               unpaid               for,               a               prescription               drug               plan               unpaid               for,               tax               cuts               unpaid               for.

So               the               deficit               that               we               found               ourselves               in               was               thanks               to               the               Republicans."
               Bipartisanship               in               the               112th               Congress               may               be               a               tortuous               affair.
               Yet,               even               though               it               seems               there               may               be               a               move               toward               gridlock,               there               are               those               that               propose               compromise               and               actual               solutions.
               More               proactive               in               his               approach,               Sen.

Lindsey               Graham               (R-SC)               told               NBC's               "Meet               The               Press"               that               he               wants               to               see               some               type               of               Social               Security               reform               before               he               is               willing               to               raise               the               debt               ceiling.

"I               will               not               vote               for               the               debt               ceiling               increase,"               he               said,               "until               I               see               a               plan               in               place               that               will               deal               with               our               long-term               debt               obligations               starting               with               Social               Security,               a               real               bipartisan               effort               to               make               sure               that               Social               Security               stays               solvent,               adjusting               the               age,               looking               at               means-tests               for               benefits."
               It               isn't               clear               how               far               veteran               Republicans               are               willing               to               go               to               get               their               point               across               and               many               political               analysts               do               not               think               they'll               allow               the               debt               ceiling               to               be               reached.

That               there               is               room               for               improvement               in               trimming               the               fiscal               budget,               in               defunding               or               limiting               excessive               government               programs               and/or               over-expenditures,               or               even               eliminating               some               areas               of               government               altogether               is               unquestionable.

Where               and               how               much,               real               spending               reforms               that               can               benefit               the               most               people               effectively               for               the               longest               duration,               should               be               topics               for               consideration.

But               playing               a               game               of               political               "chicken"               with               the               debt               ceiling               to               make               a               political               point               is               tantamount               to               political               recklessness               and               governing               irresponsibility,               no               matter               which               side               is               making               the               threat.
               Purposely               allowing               the               government               to               slip               into               financial               insolvency,               unable               to               operate               and               pay               its               bills               and               repay               its               loans               and,               worse,               devaluing               America's               economic,               credit,               and               trading               good               standing               would               be,               to               borrow               Austan               Goolsbee's               phrase               "               the               first               default               in               history               caused               purely               by               insanity."
               But               if               Congress               fails               to               find               common               ground               on               the               issue,               it               could               grind               Congress               to               a               halt,               effecting               gridlock,               basically               shutting               the               legislature               down               before               running               out               of               time               and               money               does               the               same               for               the               rest               of               the               federal               government.
               Despite               all               the               Republican               rhetoric               and               bluster,               there               is               little               likelihood               that               an               actual               shutdown               will               occur,               although               anything               is               possible               in               the               current               extreme               climate               of               Washington               partisan               politics.

But               even               if               the               government               was               to               temporarily               shut               down,               unlike               those               unfortunate               Arkansas               blackbirds,               the               fiscal               budget,               federal               government               operations,               and               the               American               economy               can               be               resurrected               by               a               quick               vote.
               Saul               Relative               holds               degrees               in               History               and               Secondary               Education,               and               he               taught               school               in               West               Virginia               in               the               '80s               and               Virginia               during               the               '90s.

A               student               of               politics               and               political               movements,               he               began               writing               articles               covering               the               political               maneuverings               of               the               Bush               administration               in               2004.

Saul               turned               to               writing               full-time               in               2008,               dividing               his               time               between               reading               and               writing               about               politics               and               entertainment.






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