Except that it's up to the Democratic president to pay his credit card, and he has plenty of money in the Treasury to do it.
Republicans have nothing to do with that, no matter how much the president might be trying to use that as a political talking point.
@volkris You appear to be misinformed but I wish you a lovely evening nonetheless.
Among other places you can see this, the Treasury itself publishes the data that you can go through yourself, if you'd like.
So even the US Treasury agrees that it has the money to pay the debts.
Here's a good startingpoint:
https://fiscaldata.treasury.gov/datasets/monthly-treasury-statement/summary-of-receipts-outlays-and-the-deficit-surplus-of-the-u-s-government
@volkris Yes, I believe we are in agreement that the US should pay its debts. Unfortunately we do rely on bipartisan congressional cooperation to do so and blackmailing the current administration on future expenditures is inappropriate and irresponsible. Regardless, I hope you have a pleasant and peaceful evening.
No, not at all. According to the US Treasury, their own projections, they have plenty of revenues coming in to pay the debts. They don't need anything from Congress to avoid defaulting.
Yes, a lot of people are either lying or misleading about that, but the numbers don't lie. The Treasury makes public its balance statements showing that it has plenty of revenue to service its debts.
The political grandstanding needs to be called out for what it is.
