TurboTax Tim Wants a $2 Trillion Debt Cap Raise, Coincidentally Enough to Keep Borrowing Through the 2012 Election

Gee, and all this time I thought Tim Geithner wasn't a political hack.

The Treasury has told lawmakers a roughly $2 trillion rise in the legal limit on federal debt would be needed to ensure the government can keep borrowing through the 2012 presidential election, sources with knowledge of the discussions said.

Obama administration officials have repeatedly said that it is up to Congress to decide by how much the $14.3 trillion debt limit should be raised... But when lawmakers asked how much of an increase would be needed to meet the government's obligations into early 2013, Treasury officials floated the $2 trillion working figure, Senate and administration sources told Reuters.

...A Reuters analysis of Treasury's borrowing needs forecast Congress would have to raise the debt ceiling by more than $2 trillion to get through next year's election without having to revisit the issue. According to the Treasury, the government borrows on average about $125 billion per month.

Say, I have an idea!

How about the federal government stops spending $125 billion a month that it doesn't have? Start with the $343 billion in cuts recommended by the Heritage Foundation. And then go further. We have a blueprint. It's called "the Constitution".