In case anyone is wondering, this increase in the debt limit follows the last by about 6 weeks. The last was snuck through on Christmas Eve (talk about a lump of coal in the citizens’ stocking the next morning).

“The Senate voted Thursday to raise the ceiling on the government debt to $12.4 trillion, a massive increase over the current limit and a political problem that President Obama has promised to address next year.”

BY RAISING IT EVEN MORE!