This whole thing (US debt limit and the PIIGs (Portugaul, Italy, Ireland and Greece) is just the "Progressive" Debt / Usury system of money creation collapsing all over the world. The ONLY debate now should be about what replaces it. (Either a precious metal standard or Taxation based Treasury Notes like the Lincoln Greenbacks.)
Trichanosis explained why the Bible banned pork and what's going on in the relm of money and the economy now explains why the Bible banned USURY.