Republicans are tryna get a five-finger discount.
At face value, it sounds like a fair strategy: when the U.S. hits the debt ceiling, we’ll just prioritize which bills to keep paying and which to let fall into arrears. That’s the plan many Republicans have been pushing for when the August 2nd deadline hits. But in addition to being dangerous (markets will not be happy) and unrealistic (creditors won’t be too pleased either), it may not even be constitutional.
