said they don t like tying health care changes to this whole government shutdown stuff. so that long-term, what s john boehner s next move? i think the bottom line is, there was actually a somewhat positive development over the last 24 hours that hasn t gotten enough attention, which is speaker boehner letting it leak out that he s not going to let the nation default. why is he doing that? number one, he s trying to reassure the markets. number two, he is trying to put a line in the sand to his fellow republicans, look, he was willing to bring this to a government shutdown, but he realizes that default is uncharted territory and doesn t want to be the speaker of the house who lets the nation default just as the president has said he doesn t want a default on his watch. that s actually something that both sides finally agree on. the question to me is, what will they swap here? you know, will the president in the end even though he s saying not going to negotiate will he say, look, i ll
prioritize the debt and interest payments. they could do that. they could make that a top priority. and guess what? they d have to live within their means for the other parts of the spending. it can t be done, but the government won t do it. the last time we did that, the stock market within three weeks went down 17%. consumer confidence went down. are you saying the government s responsibility is to the stock market? no. i m saying that you give confidence to decision making i don t care about that. i care about the long-term future of my kids. guys, you re talking over one another, ok? our viewers hate that. jonas, go ahead. the problem with this debt limit is it doesn t just address new spending. if you determine the debt s.e.a. ceiling and you cannot pass a new debt bill, unfortunately it applies to all spending so ash trarly you can t make payments for things you have already done.