This isn't some complicated, esoteric, "PhD in economics required" budget issue. What the

[Atticus]

Republicans are doing is called "extortion": "Agree to cut Social Security, Medicare, VA benefits, etc. Or we will destroy America's economy!"

The question the House is called upon to answer, stated simply, is "Should we pay the bills our nation has already incurred?"

Throw this in the face of every Republican you know and ask them if they pay THEIR bills.

[gratuitous]

1. Yup

"How is the country saving money by refusing to pay its bills?" It always costs you more to put off paying your bills. Oh, and that debt figure Republicans are banging on about? Some $31 trillion? About one-fourth of that was rung up in a very specific four year time frame: 2017-2020, when the U.S. government decided to stop taxing wealthy people and corporations (or at least make it far easier to cheat the system even more).

[IbogaProject]

2. Those wealthy tax cuts are permanent

The middle class adjustments roll back every odd tax year. So the damage to most if us is ongoing and increasing.
Edit/ Double post.