Things I don't understand about the debt ceiling

[fadedrose]

5. To the average yokel

"Raising the national debt," does't indicate that there's not enough money to pay - pay what - anything? or just the amount we went over budget?

I'm a fairly average person, no genius, but not a moran either, and the term is not appropriate for what is happening.

What it amounts to is we must pay our bills and borrowing to pay bills isn't something taxpayers don't have sympathy with.

Isn't there a word or term or day that shows we brought our debt down? A good day, and a bigger fuss should be made over it...like burning the mortgage.

Somebody has to come up with terminology that people understand who are not in congress or the banking industry. The President would get a lot more support from people who complain that "he raised the debt," and "how much does he need?".