@GhostOnTheHalfShell @flexghost

Keep in mind also that the US government was designed to have different interests vying for power against each other, which we politely call checks and balances.

The executive branch is supposed to be always trying to get more money to spend and Congress always trying to check that, scrutinizing and refusing to authorize spending that's not worth it.

So the Treasury is spinning the situation trying to get more money, trying to get more borrowing authorized, using this fearmongering, but we should all be skeptical of their claims knowing they're just pursing their interests, as is their job.

We can see in their legal reports that they have enough money, though. We do know enough about this topic to push back on their demands.