How To Handle The Debt Ceiling May 23, 2023May 22, 2023 (Other than repealing it altogether, of course, as one of your fellow readers, Paul deLespinasse in both Newsmax and the LA Progressive.) Robert Reich: “Biden should IGNORE the debt ceiling: Don’t declare an X-date. Keep paying the bills. Don’t default. If McCarthy and House Republicans don’t like it, let them take him to court.” Makes sense to me.