It would seem that we are in an intractable situation with the debt ceiling. I'm of the mind that we progressives should champion a bill that gives the rightwingers everything they want in the tax code, but with one major caveat: if unemployment doesn't drop by three percentage points in a year, the top rates of the Bush tax cuts expire when they're supposed to, but the bottom rates continue. I would also ask that every representative, democrat or republican, record a statement stating their support or opposition to Grover's tax code.
Maybe we can show the people that the republican ideas are shit, and if not, well, we'll screw over the middle and lower classes, but this outcome, according to any decent scholar is highly unlikely. Additionally, it would be fun to see how many "true believers" are out there on the right. I am ninety percent sure that a majority of the fascists would refuse to go on record with a statement. They might vote for a bill, but they know that their ideas only create wealth for the wealthy, not jobs for the rest of us.
Well, that's my crazy idea. Let me know what you think about it. We are in for a world of hurt in the next few years regardless, so we should probably suck it up and take it while showing the American people that the republican jobs plan only creates jobs in Mexico and China.