There is a flaw with the logic in the Teabagger debt fixation which

[Skidmore]

has caused so much legislation to be stalled and has threatened to totally derail the economy more than once. It is a simple one that can be used to convey to the public the essence of their debt ceiling tactic. Their biggest angst is debt and the need to pay it down. You can't pay down the debt when you are agitating to not pay the debt. That is what makes this whole debt ceiling argument so ridiculous. Some of the more simplistic among them argue that the nation's finances should be dealt with in the same manner as personal finances. Well, the way to pay down your personal debt is not to refuse to pay your debt. It just doesn't hang together.

[bluestateguy]

1. Government is not "your family budget"

That is just the most nonsensical populist crap I have ever heard.

[Skidmore]

2. Tell it to the teabaggers.

I don't know how many times I've heard this argument repeated by them, including their elected reps. I that at a very basic level those who are not savvy in economics can grasp that this argument is very flawed by using the teabaggers own argument against them.

[GoCubsGo]

4. Those idiots don't even understand what the hell the debt ceiling is.

Just a few minutes ago, I saw one whining on Facebook that she hoped the President doesn't get a "blank check" over it. Even when you explain to them that this is about paying the bills on money already spent, they don't get it. Yet, they're fixated on the debt? They would be hilarious if they weren't so damn stupidly dangerous.

[CJCRANE]

3. The reality is that the Tea Party is an attitude, not a political party

with policies or principles.

And that attitude is to react against whatever the other side is doing.

[Historic NY]

5. You can't pay down the debt when your wasting money on interest either...

we spend 220 billion just on interest. They don't seem to realize that you can't maintain the status quo on spending and pay that off it doesn't work.