https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2023/02/absolute-hypocrisy-gop-unveils-bill-to-… Created Fri, 17/02/2023 - 21:00 Updated Fri, 17/02/2023 - 21:00 The point of the debt ceiling melodrama is to give fiscal hawks another whack at budget-cutting. Tax increase are therefore off the table. Tags Banana republic Credit markets Doomsday scenarios Income disparity Macroeconomic policy politics Ridiculously obvious scams Taxes The destruction of the middle class