Reply #5: Where is the overdraft protection......? [View All]

I, and millions of other Americans, have overdraft protection with our bill paying checking accounts. The US has never defaulted and certainly has good credit. Default, my ass.

And by the way, 'balanced budget amendment'? My ass, again. Instead of an amendment that would cripple the economics of the nation, how about an automatic debt ceiling rise mechanism that would kick in regardless and in spite of the antics of the political parties.

The Founders feared factionalism in the new nation they created. Politics playing with our economic life lines needs addressing at the constitutional level so that the political parties cannot hold hostage the full faith and credit of the United States.