Good column.Biden needs to be ready to deal with Republican blackmail in House to raise the debt ceiling and to pass a budget.Legal scholars have indicated that the Antideficiency Act on a debt ceiling violates the 14th Amendment in Constitution that plainly says debt must be paid.   Biden should simply say that he will continue to pay the debt even if the debt law is not changed because the Constitution mandates this.  President must obey the Constitution.Biden should say to Repubs that if they want to cut the deficit than taxes will have to be raised, and the IRS funded even more to get more tax revenues.   Maybe Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk could start paying taxes?  Maybe the billionaire Wall Street investors could pay the same income tax rate as the rest of us?Social Security and Medicare taxes could be imposed on income above $150,000 a year.   Medicare and Medicaid could negotiate to bring down pharma prices and save hundreds of billions of dollars.

Good column.Biden needs to be ready to deal with Republican blackmail in House to raise the debt ceiling and to pass a budget.Legal scholars have indicated that the Antideficiency Act on a debt ceiling violates the 14th Amendment in Constitution that plainly says debt must be paid.   Biden should simply say that he will continue to pay the debt even if the debt law is not changed because the Constitution mandates this.  President must obey the Constitution.Biden should say to Repubs that if they want to cut the deficit than taxes will have to be raised, and the IRS funded even more to get more tax revenues.   Maybe Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk could start paying taxes?  Maybe the billionaire Wall Street investors could pay the same income tax rate as the rest of us?Social Security and Medicare taxes could be imposed on income above $150,000 a year.   Medicare and Medicaid could negotiate to bring down pharma prices and save hundreds of billions of dollars.

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