The Republican'ts are seemingly unable to even get across the point that default is not the automatic consequence of keeping the debt limit in place. The Dumbocrats and their propaganda wing in the MFM keep ratcheting up the doomsday scenarios about default, when it has been shown conclusively that with current monthly revenues, the government could continue to service the existing debt (i.e. NO DEFAULT), pay for SS and Medicare, pay the military, and still have more than $60 Billion available for other monthly expenses.