Actually, as Rand Paul himself said, defaulting on our debt is the last thing we should do, and by bringing it up, Obama was playing a very cynical card.
The feds have no problem paying the debt service (though of course the growing debt is a problem); it's everything else they can't afford.
Ultimately, it's Congress' problem, not Obama's. He doesn't pass budget bills. But there are almost zero folks in Congress with enough backbone to do anything about it.
The feds have no problem paying the debt service (though of course the growing debt is a problem); it's everything else they can't afford.
Ultimately, it's Congress' problem, not Obama's. He doesn't pass budget bills. But there are almost zero folks in Congress with enough backbone to do anything about it.