the author is brian riedl. good morning. guest: good morning. this appeal to your fellow conservatives on this topic? guest: i have been working with conservatives on capitol hill on fiscal issues, and i am sympathetic to them on why to attach reforms to the debt limit. the eighth biggest deficit reduction deal since 1985 were all attached to the debt limit. but at the same time i do not think that it is feasible to hold that limit hostage. ultimately, we cannot default on the debt. it would be catastrophic. the result of that is there have been republican circles saying, what if we have a bill that says if we hit the debt limit, which means we have to cut spending immediately to balance the budget, what if we just make sure that we first pay interest on the debt, social security, military pay, and maybe medicare into veterans health out of the remaining 80% funded by tax revenues, and then cut out everything else? this is called prioritizing. if you're going to have to cut 20%, let's determine what 80% will be paid to be the most important thin

the author is brian riedl. good morning. guest: good morning. host: why this appeal to your fellow conservatives on this topic? guest: i have been working with conservatives on capitol hill on fiscal issues, and i am sympathetic to them on why to attach reforms to the debt limit. the eighth biggest deficit reduction deal since 1985 were all attached to the debt limit. but at the same time i do not think that it is feasible to hold that limit hostage. ultimately, we cannot default on the debt. it would be catastrophic. the result of that is there have been republican circles saying, what if we have a bill that says if we hit the debt limit, which means we have to cut spending immediately to balance the budget, what if we just make sure that we first pay interest on the debt, social security, military pay, and maybe medicare into veterans health out of the remaining 80% funded by tax revenues, and then cut out everything else? this is called prioritizing. if you're going to have to cut 20%, let's determine what 80% will be paid to be the most impo

the author is brian riedl. good morning. guest: good morning.t: why this appeal to your fellow conservatives on this topic? guest: i have been working with conservatives on capitol hill on fiscal issues, and i am sympathetic to them on why to attach reforms to the debt limit. the eighth biggest deficit reduction deal since 1985 were all attached to the debt limit. but at the same time i do not think that it is feasible to hold that limit hostage. ultimately, we cannot default on the debt. it would be catastrophic. the result of that is there have been republican circles saying, what if we have a bill that says if we hit the debt limit, which means we have to cut spending immediately to balance the budget, what if we just make sure that we first pay interest on the debt, social security, military pay, and maybe medicare into veterans health out of the remaining 80% funded by tax revenues, and then cut out everything else? this is called