6 Things The GOP Doesn't Want You To Know About The Debt Ceiling

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FILE - In this Jan. 1, 2013, file photo, Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, walks past reporters after a closed-door meeting meeting of House Republicans as the "fiscal cliff" bill passed by the Senate the previous night waits for a vote in the GOP-controlled House at the Capitol in Washington. After Republicans and Democrats alike reluctantly shunned their core supporters and reached a bipartisan compromise to avert a fiscal crisis, there's a reasonable question to ask: Did American lawmakers actually _ for a moment, at least _ listen to the regular Joes and Janes pleading for a gridlocked Washington to get something, anything, done? (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
FILE - In this Jan. 1, 2013, file photo, Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, walks past reporters after a closed-door meeting meeting of House Republicans as the "fiscal cliff" bill passed by the Senate the previous night waits for a vote in the GOP-controlled House at the Capitol in Washington. After Republicans and Democrats alike reluctantly shunned their core supporters and reached a bipartisan compromise to avert a fiscal crisis, there's a reasonable question to ask: Did American lawmakers actually _ for a moment, at least _ listen to the regular Joes and Janes pleading for a gridlocked Washington to get something, anything, done? (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

If you only listened to the noise in Washington, you'd think it really difficult to raise the country's debt ceiling. Truth is, it's not really so tough at all.

Not that anyone took the time to tell the Republicans. Just, like, minutes after reaching a deal to avoid the the fiscal cliff, they're back to panicking over this well-worn issue. Of course, a deal has been made many times before to raise our nation's arbitrary ceiling, not that you're likely to have heard that. Here some other things you might not know about the debt ceiling:

Before You Go

It doesn't create new spending

6 Things Republicans Don't Want You To Know About The Debt Ceiling

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