Nancy Mace: I'm a no vote on raising the debt ceiling without cutting spending

Tonight, I'm a no vote on raising the debt ceiling. For years, both sides have raised the debt ceiling without a plan to balance the budget or cut spending. I refuse to open the door for trillions more wasted on the backs of hard working Americans.

— Rep. Nancy Mace (@RepNancyMace) October 12, 2021

Reason’s Veronique De Rugy writes, “That's why, back in 2011, I favored using the debt ceiling as a pressure point to extract some entitlement reforms. The political environment was completely different back then. Most Republicans seemed to be on board with the idea that some fiscal responsibility was prudent, and so were many Americans who made overspending a theme of the 2010 midterm elections. However, the strategy failed when all we got were weak spending caps that Republicans and Democrats repeatedly lifted if they got in the way of their insatiable hunger for spending.”

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