My 2 cents worth

IF debt ceiling gets raised ,the 1st cuts should be : All politicians pension funds are ended. All politicians can fund their on retirement accounts . All politicians pay for their own insurance . All politicians pay is reduced by 50 % . ONCE the politicians balance the budget ----------Reduce spending & size of Government & pay off all debts & fund all programs -IE social security - then we consider small raises once we have saved the eqivalent of the interest we have payed out over the last 100 years -Heck I would compromise to the interest paid out in the last 20. We LIMIT the tax rate to 18% of gdp. Just my 2 cets worth .