text: Says a know-nothing. That idea is old. It was central to the campaigns of Bo Gritz, who ran as vice-president for the Populist Part, and then later, for president. The original idea probably comes from a lawyer, Carlos Mucha, who popularized it as a way to pay off the national debt. Later, when the Tea Party in Congress threatened to shut down the government and force default on the debt (both in violation of the Constitution) Paul Krugman wrote that the idea was "harmless" since it was fiscally neutral, within the law, and a device to keep Congress from defaulting. As it turned out, Congress played "chicken" and backed down.
  
  DW, if you don't understand any of this, why bother to comment? It only shows your ignorance.