He said what?

If there was any doubt that there is something seriously wrong with the Republican party, and by extension, the portion of the American public that elects them, you don't need to look back any further than earlier this week.
With the debt limit deadline approaching quickly, Rep. Rubio (R. Fl.) has come out with the statement " We don't have a debt limit crisis, we have a debt crisis". If that's really how he feels, why has he and the others like him made it one in the same? Does this genius think that by letting this convoluted crisis created by the far right turn into a disaster, with our national credit rating falling internationally, we will somehow be better off as a country paying higher interest rates on every dollar everyone borrows? Really? Not just the government, but EVERYONE. Small businesses, already having trouble getting loans from banks with plenty of money to loan, will have to pay more for money needed to grow their businesses and hire more employees. How do you spell "JOB KILLING"? You want to buy a new American made car? Well, you better have all the money in hand or that car will end up costing a whole lot more. Forget buying a new house, unless you're one of those in the top 2% and feel you can settle for a house that a member of the "small people" demographic, you know the middle class, would live in.
And probably the worst thing about this is the fact that raising the debt limit allows us to pay the bills we already owe. Bills that the Republicans have some responsibility for too. We owe money to our lenders whether the right likes it or not. We need to make paying these bills possible first, then we can have a true discussion about our spending habits. Instead they are using this as a means of blackmail to further their political goals.  To insinuate that the raising of the debt limit is somehow connected to future spending is an indication that this guy is either stupid or is lying to support his ideology. And he is willing to let this country enter into default, destroy our admittedly fragile economy and create a worldwide financial crisis just to try to take control of the political landscape of this country. And that's just one of these anti American People that live under the banner of "Republican".
Truth, it's not part of their platform, it's not part of their plan.