Jack Lew: Federal Government Running Out of Ways to Avoid Hitting Debt Limit
October 17th projected date
National Debt
Three-Quarters of White House Staff Would Be Furloughed in Shutdown
Is that an argument in favor?
Americans Aren't Bound To Pay the Government's Debts
If the "consent of the governed" is a sacred American principle, how does the government borrow money in our names and compel us to repay the debt?
Gov't Employee Furlough Plans Explained in Event of Shutdown
Pentagon and National Parks Service provide details
Obama Says Failure to Raise Debt Ceiling Will Shutter Economy
Accuses Republicans of grandstanding
Government Shutdown: Compromise Is Not a Holy Sacrament
Democrats helped create the situation, now they blame GOP "anarchists."
Treasury Dept. Says the US Will Run Out of Money For Bills By Oct. 17
Cash-on-hand will be $30 billion
17,679 Things the Federal Government Has Done Since Sequestration
Opponents of the sequester say budget cuts are ruining America and that austerity kills. Reason offers a look at what the feds have been up to since the cuts kicked in.
CBO Predicts Unsustainable Debt
Government making the wrong kinds of spending cuts (as in, not cutting entitlements)
Obama Warns GOP Not to Create Another Economic Crisis
You mean like the Affordable Care Act?
Poll: Americans Oppose Raising the Debt Ceiling Even If U.S. Defaults and Say Government Wastes 60 Cents of Every Tax Dollar
The public says Obama disappoints on transparency and that Congress passes too many laws. It's split on Snowden, trusts Facebook less than the IRS on privacy, and opposes a bailout for Detroit.
Obama Campaign Falls Back on the Comfortable: Fearmongering Over a Government Shutdown
Fiscal year's almost over
Federal Government To Hit Debt Limit in October
Of course, officials want to run up more debt rather than spend less
Some Democrats in Denial Over Debt Crisis
Refuse to concede that spending vastly more than you have is a problem at all
