destabilize them. charlie in mississippi writes no, welfare warfare state needs are infinite. revenues are not. i have a huge problem with congress voting to raise the debt ceiling when they can't get government spending under control. if the debt ceiling is raised government will take it as a lbs to keep spending in a reckless manner. it's got to stop. that's what they should be voting on. i honestly don't know the answer to this. we're damned if we do. damned if we don't. set that aside. it's time for big oil and corporations to start paying some taxes. we can't continue the same pattern of printing money and sticking it to the middle class. mark in oklahoma, no, bring our troops home. stop wasting trillions trying to run other countries. that's what we should do. christian writes congress should be raising the debt ceiling. if they they'll to do so, the u.s. will sink deeper into our current recession. i know spending is high. i'm a democrat. we really don't need to default.