Why was Diane Francis ever hired to write for a supposedly conservative newspaper in the first place? Note that skyrocketing borrowing is not mentioned as the main problem here, but rather Republican efforts to use Debt Ceiling legislation as leverage to restrain spending.
If you don’t feel alarmed yet, just look at the horrors that Diane Francis lists. Horrors, I tell you, horrors!
Some of the Republicans are isolationists and want to use their newfound leverage to slash financial support for the Pentagon and cut military aid for Ukraine.
Legislative control seems prudent, but some Republicans are threatening not to increase the debt limit unless severe cuts are made to Social Security and Medicare.
In a liberal nutshell, debt ceiling legislation is just fine….provided that you unquestioningly raise the debt ceiling limit in perpetuity.


