As much as I hate to say it -- I really think there is no room for the white house to negotiate on this. The reality is, appeasing the terroristic political el

As much as I hate to say it -- I really think there is no room for the white house to negotiate on this. The reality is, appeasing the terroristic political element here only perpetuates a deeply corrupted "budgeting" process -- one that is entirely political and not remotely related to any form of rational governance. The long term effects of continuing to gift the terrorists in this way (like those that manifested under Obama as decades long sequestration) are ultimately worse than the incredibly dumb and incredibly avoidable consequences that will come from a default. After the negative consequences of default manifest -- the one thing we can know with certainty is that there will be a powerful consensus around not allowing this effect to manifest again. The damage of the idiocy will ultimately be worth it to avoid continuing this tragic hostage taking drama forever... The move here is to steal yourself that you _will_ allow default and say "the united states does not negotiate with terrorists" -- and admit absolutely no discussions about anything other than resolving the debt limit without any strings attached.