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Obama Bypassing Congress on Debt Limit is 'Crazy Talk'

Kandahar said:
That's the current proportion of our federal expenditures that are not funded by taxes, and would therefore need to be halted immediately once we hit the debt ceiling.

EDIT: Oops, actually it's 43%, making it even MORE unfeasible to actually pare down our spending in the next four weeks and stay beneath the current debt ceiling.

2011 United States federal budget - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Government Spending Details: Federal State Local for 2011 - Charts
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Oh, you are referring to the deficit.

In that case, all of your previous comments using that number are total FAIL and it is obvious you don’t have a clue.
 
Kandahar said:
The president ALSO doesn't have the authority to stop funding programs and agencies which the law mandates that he fund. So he doesn't have any choice but to violate one law or the other. By not raising the debt ceiling, Congress will essentially FORCE him to prioritize which of their laws should be enforced and which should not.
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A budget allocation is not equivalent in any form to the US Constitution. The President does not have the Constitutional power to raise the debt limit. End of story.
 
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