The debt ceiling has been raised 49 times under republican presidents and 30 time under democrats, so there you go. Raising the debt ceiling should be a normal course of business because it pays for expenses Congress already incurred. Comparing spending: Reagan's debt ceiling hikes = 18, 67% increase in spending; Obama 6 hikes, 31% increase in spending. Republican hypocrisy, and yet they manage to convince masses that Obama is a big spender.
