Debt ceiling deal's biggest loser is the American people. Republicans, Dems hell-bent on driving us into debt

The debt ceiling deal that House Speaker Kevin McCarthy worked out with President Biden should be dead on arrival. Americans of all political stripes agree that there must be spending cuts.

Hardworking taxpayers understand that it’s irresponsible to keep spending $2 trillion more annually than we did before the pandemic began.   Any family who racks up a sizable amount of debt would sit down and actually fix the problem — not kick the can down the road again. The American people are sick and tired of tone-deaf politicians in D.C.  

Kentucky Republican Rep. Thomas Massie’s vote in the Rules Committee to advance the measure to the House floor in the end will turn out to be a consequential mistake. Massie supplied the critical 7th vote for the deal because the package includes language he pushed that is supposed to make it more difficult for members of Congress to abuse the spending process if they don’t pass appropriations bills on time again. Massie’s idea is well-intentioned, but the idea that the Washington uni-party won’t find a loophole is naive.