WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO RAISE OUR DEBT LIMIT?

     We hear much talk these days about our nation's debt, credit rating, deficits, spending cuts, sequester, billions of dollars, trillions of dollars, raising the debt limit, blah blah blah.  It all sounds so complicated and some of it can be tedious to understand.  However, it is actually very simple at its most basic form (anyone who tells you "well, it's complicated" doesn't want you to know the truth).  You may not realize it but we all manage a budget in our daily lives.  I think our government should as well, and you should care because they are managing your money.