> Of course republicans play games with the debt ceiling- part of their platform is predicated on cutting government income / spending. Part of their _campaign

> Of course republicans play games with the debt ceiling- part of their platform is predicated on cutting government income / spending. Part of their _campaigning_ is on cutting government spending. But when they're actually elected the spending goes up. https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/statistics/data/federal-budget-receipts-and-outlays https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/statistics/data/federal-budg...