faith and credit of the united states of america. they're basically saying, kiss off. you need to do this by yourselves. paying our debt is not our responsibility. and by the way, it was debt that was incurred by a republican administration. but that shouldn't matter, because we should always and have always come together in a bipartisan way to make sure that we could pay our nation's debt. and they are potentially throwing our economy and a lot of the world economy into potential chaos and jeopardizing the lives of our seniors, of our families, of businesses, all in the name of brass knuckles power politics. and in about a year from now, if they force this, then they should pay the price at the polls and i think they will. >> why do you think this is happening now? as you said, this has never happened in the past, and there have been fast differences, right, on this issue. why is it happening now?