Jan 23, 2023
(Photo by Joe Kovacs) So here we have Democrats in control of Congress in December adopting a $1.7 trillion spending program for the government, with billions of perks for their constituents. They knew it couldn't happen under the existing statutory debt ceiling, but they ignored the looming roadblock, and now that Republicans are the House majority, Democrats are telling them to fix the problem: raise the borrowing limit. Advertisement - story continues below Joe Biden, through his spokeswoman, has said there will be no negotiations over the fiasco. Republicans, for their part, would like to see some spending cuts adopted at the same time. TRENDING: Woke TV reboot bombs: Now the 3rd-worst-rated show on IMDB Biden is using the threat of a government shutdown to try to apply pressure to the GOP. But what about voters? They are, after all, the ones paying the tab, as government itself has zero income without taking it from someone else. Advertisement - story continues below They are