Polarizing stories spotted in the news

[Jinx999]

The official purpose of the Debt ceiling is to prevent short sighted idiots from taking massive loans and using them to pay for tax cuts/massive spending and screwing over the country in the long term. Whether it's the best mechanism for doing this is a separate question.

For a lot of politicians, they're unnecessary bureaucracy.

For Trump? Yeah. I wouldn't trust him with an unlimited credit card.

For most cases, safety regulations are more work. But when you need them, you NEED them.