Will there for Civil unrest if the U.S. goes into a Debt Ceiling default?

[Papasito]

No increase in the debt limit is this:
The Government's current level of spending is approved, but an increase in spending [[AKA more borrowing) is not authorized.
Which means - The Government must make budget cuts for the Government to pay it's bills in order to not exceed it's current level of spending. In actuality it means the Government stops borrowing money it can't afford to pay back.

It may be tough on our free spending Government, but it would in effect show the Government is being financially responsible for the first time in 40 years.

[rb336]

No increase in the debt limit is this:
The Government's current level of spending is approved, but an increase in spending [[AKA more borrowing) is not authorized.
Which means - The Government must make budget cuts for the Government to pay it's bills in order to not exceed it's current level of spending. In actuality it means the Government stops borrowing money it can't afford to pay back.

It may be tough on our free spending Government, but it would in effect show the Government is being financially responsible for the first time in 40 years.

actually, no. The debt limit does have to do with approved spending. It just says we can't borrow more to meet that spending. The largest single increase in budgets is service on the debt and the largest portion of that is defense-related, especially since we are still paying on two unfunded wars. Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security don't even enter the equation as they are not part of the general budget. Social Security is, in fact, one of the largest creditors to the general fund.