No, not literally, but they might as well have increased my taxes. They'll be doing it to you too. Details below the fold.
My wife and I have been in our house for twenty years, and are still paying off our mortgage. We're probably not underwater any more, since we're getting to the stage where we are paying more in principal than in interest. We've refinanced twice before to lower our interest rates. Right now, we are pre-approved for another refinance. The terms will result in us paying the same amount as we are currently paying, but we'll pay off the loan three years earlier, and save about $13,000 on total costs, just about the time we'll retire. That is, so long as we get the papers signed soon.
This is where Republican irresponsibility on the debt ceiling comes into place. If the government has to default because of Republican intransigence, the interest rates the government will eventually have to pay will jump, and so will all other interest rates. I'm sure that our bank will not give us the same rate we're negotiating now, and we'll be stuck with our current mortgage. Goodbye to about $13,000. Every one of you with any borrowing (bank loans, credit card debt) will also be paying more in interest.
So in order to protect the tax rates for billionaires and corporations, all of us in the middle class will be paying an extra "tax" of higher interest rates. It's an even crueler tax, because the government won't collect the money to use. Instead, the "tax" will be paid to banks and financiers - the very people the Republicans are protecting.
So here's the new frame, "The Republicans are raising my taxes in 17 days".