Raise the debt ceiling or take a hard line?

Treasury Secretary Jack Lew announced this week that the federal government will hit the $ 16.7 trillion debt limit in midOctober, earlier than expected, triggering another confrontation over spending.

Time to cancel the credit cards, or we’ll soon be another Greece or Spain.

I say cut entitlements and defend our own borders. We have elite military units that can take care of the problems around the world at a fraction of the cost of full deployment.

Paul Kirkegaard

Republicans, please move on from your budget- cutting arguments and find something else to talk about. With federal deficits decreasing, it’s time to start focusing on something else.

Your tired arguments have not helped you regain the Senate or White House in the past four years. Move on!

Aron White

How about members of Congress not go on vacation when there’s work to do? The whole government sickens me.

If you bounce a check or miss a payment, you lose money, credit and credibility. What a terrible example of fiscal responsibility!

We have all had to tighten our belts, but the same people who got us into this mess continue to spend with no accountability. Wake up, America.

Lee Luckabaugh

Budget cuts are needed. Raising the debt ceiling only enables the government to assume it can spend more money.

Instead, cut federal benefits, Social Security and welfare services. Reallocate that money to paying down our debts.

Jimmy Londo

There is only one solution: Cap the debt limit and force bloated government to clean itself up. It is robbing our kids and grandkids.

John Hipp