Economy

Disconnected with Reality

Every expert from economists to the White House to Moody's say that allowing the government to default on the debt would be nightmarish. Except Republicans and Tea Party Republicans.

By a 53% to 30% margin, most Republicans say that it will not be a major problem if the debt ceiling is not raised by Aug. 2. [...]

Tea Party Republicans are by far the most unconvinced about the potential fallout from going past the Aug. 2 deadline. Fully 65% of Republicans and Republican leaning independents who agree with the Tea Party see no major problems if this occurs, compared with 45% of Republicans and Republican leaners who do not agree with the Tea Party.

Idiots. I'm surprised they haven't blamed the debt default "hoax" on Al Gore's body mass index.