While one who sings with his tongue on fire Gargles in the rat race choir Bent out of shape from society’s pliers Cares not to come up any higher But rather get you down in the hole That he’s in
But I mean no harm nor put fault On anyone that lives in a vault But it’s alright, Ma, if I can’t please him
OK Dukey, how about I keep running up the bill on my credit card, then vote myself a credit limit increase?
The proper metaphor would be to vote for yourself the opportunity to pay off the credit card by taking out another bank loan with lower interest, and longer-term repayment options.
To your point, it helps you to pay off the credit card, but you're still in debt.
However, fail to pay off the credit card altogether, then Duke has a point, and you're in default.
The debt ceiling has nothing to do with increasing the "increasing your credit limit". It has everything to do with paying commitments for current bills and obligations that were all approved by the US Congress.
Any suggestion otherwise is just buying into the ultra-right wing insanity. Even the old guard conservatives think that the ultra-right is barking at the moon crazy.