It is with chagrin that I must report that my new congressional representative has joined the cabal of right-wing fiscal hostage-takers in suggesting that we must cut spending before increasing the nation's debt ceiling. Keith Self, a McKinney Republican, wrote a letter to the editor of the Dallas Morning News in which he declared that unrestricted federal spending poses an existential threat to our nation's economic health. Therefore, he implied, he won't approve measures to increase the debt ceiling until we curb spending ... and thus will put the nation's "full faith and credit" in dire peril.
New U.S. rep to hold debt ceiling hostage?
New U.S. rep to hold debt ceiling hostage?
New U.S. rep to hold debt ceiling hostage?
It is with chagrin that I must report that my new congressional representative has joined the cabal of right-wing fiscal hostage-takers in suggesting that we must cut spending before increasing the nation's debt ceiling. Keith Self, a McKinney Republican, wrote a letter to the editor of the Dallas Morning News in which he declared that unrestricted federal spending poses an existential threat to our nation's economic health. Therefore, he implied, he won't approve measures to increase the debt ceiling until we curb spending ... and thus will put the nation's "full faith and credit" in dire peril.