>"Asserting something confidently does not make it so." You're pointing to the debt ceiling as an argument? It's political posturing. You know, to scare the

>"Asserting something confidently does not make it so." You're pointing to the debt ceiling as an argument? It's political posturing. You know, to scare the plebes. Apparently it works. The article is referring to a "default" because of some artificial cap placed on spending, which proposed spending would surpass. It's a technical default, by choice, not from inability to pay. You can argue until you're blue in the face about the risk of default. It's wrong-headed.