Five Lessons from the Shutdown | Cato Institute

Five Lessons from the Shutdown | Cato Institute: "Greece is on life support by international aid and with little hope for the future.

Now ask yourself a rhetorical question. Wouldn’t it have been preferable if there was some sort of mechanism, say, fifteen years ago that would have enabled some lawmakers to throw sand in the gears so that the government couldn’t issue any more debt?"

"Instead of debating how to expand government or how to raise taxes, we had a battle over Obamacare."