citizens and parents throughout this country. one quick thing, i want to talk about mitch mcconnell and the rest too. we take in $320 billion a month in this country. taxes are paid whether the government is open or closed. you pay your payroll taxes whether the government is open or closed. $320 billion a month. the debt service every month is $44 billion! that leaves approximately $280 billion left to pay for what? to pay for everything else. social security is separate because that is separate, neither of those are in danger despite with the liar in chief says in the oval office. as a matter of priority under the 14th amendment, federal pensions have to be paid as well as veteran benefits have to be paid. beyond that, there is no question about us falling out of favored non -- credits. there's plenty of money to play the debt service. the problem is there is not enough money to pay for what the democrats want. that is why they keep complaining and threatening. they want to raise the debt ceiling to pay for trillions and trillions of dollars, the redistribution of wealth in their marxist spending plan. that's it.