www.politicususa.com/2013/08/22/republicans-economy-leverage-point-obamacare.html
"In other words, Republicans are leaning toward threatening the economy in order to keep Americans from having health insurance. They see the economy as a “leverage point” in order to appease their corporate masters.
The debt ceiling represents money already spent, so refusing to pay it isn’t exactly a winning strategy for a party that pretends it’s the party of business, but that didn’t stop Republicans from lying to the public. Last time around their hostage taking game, they pretended that by not raising the debt ceiling they were stopping spending."
