The "debt ceiling" and having to raise it separately from committing to spend money is basically a dumb accident that we can't get rid of because one side finds

The "debt ceiling" and having to raise it separately from committing to spend money is basically a dumb accident that we can't get rid of because one side finds it politically useful to do this dance every time the other party's got the presidency, and the other side's terrified of the attack ads that would play if they proposed getting rid of it.