Don't let Dims hold the elderly as hostages. The Executive Branch can fund Social Security by cashing in the notes held in the SS Trust Fund. Each dollar cashed in counts as spending but also reduces the debt held by the Federal Government. So it won't affect the credit limit.
RE: Don’t raise the debt ceiling. Pass a law that, in the event Congress can’t pass any funding measures, the Executive Branch can spend only the money it takes in and must finance the salaries of our soldiers first.
That might get through the lower house, but the moment it reaches the Senate, you face Harry Reid and his minions and it’ll die there.
Reps. Steve King of Iowa and Michele Bachmann of Minnesota, both Republicans, introduced bills in the House to repeal Obamacare shortly after it was passed, as did Sen. Jim DeMint in the Senate.
None of the three bills were considered by either body
What trust fund?
What trust fund? How do you cash in a dollar? Dollars are cash.