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Republicans threatening to destroy world economy if they can’t destroy American government

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The 14th Amendment-violating ransom the Republican Party is demanding in exchange for raising the debt ceiling is to stop most of the federal government from functioning:

The GOP House’s debt-limit-and-spending-cuts bill does a lot of things to sabotage the basic functions of government. It decimates spending on safety-net programs. It creates more red tape to block Americans from accessing services they’re legally eligible for. And it makes it harder for government to fund itself in the first place.

But perhaps the most destructive, least noticed part of the bill is a provision that would force virtually all federal regulatory machinery to grind to a halt.

Tucked into Republicans’ debt-limit-ransom bill is some legislative language that has been kicking around Capitol Hill for a while, known as the Reins Act. If enacted, the law would prevent “major” agency regulations — somewhere around 80 to 100 per year — from going into effect unless Congress first approves each and every one.

Republicans want a bunch of savage spending cuts they refuse to individually specify because virtually all of them would be extremely unpopular, which is why they’re trying to pass them by holding a gun to the head of the global economy rather than through ordinary negotiations (or, needless to say, passing them when they fully control the government and could be held accountable for them.). Not subtle, which doesn’t mean that a lot of the political press won’t fall for it.

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