I don’t know why we didn’t think of this.

Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) asserted this week that the government shutdown could actually keep the U.S. from defaulting on its debts if and when Congress refuses to raise the debt ceiling — unless President Barack Obama is plotting a conspiracy not to pay the nation’s bills.

Oh, so you avoid defaulting on debts if you keep the government shut down.  No government, no debts.

Louie, Dude, you’re a freekin’ genius.

Louie has also moved away from the whole Muslim Hitler thing and went for Al Capone.  He says of President Obama —

“But we know he is willing to spend money just to inflict hurt,” he opined. “So, it’s hard to say what people like that would be willing to do. And I think it has more to do with Chicago thuggery. You know, Al Capone was willing to make people hurt if they didn’t go along with the proposals.”

But his logic gets a tiny bit twisted as he goes on …

“There’s no such thing as a clean CR,” Gohmert remarked. “He just wants his big sack of cash. And forget the Constitution. We’re moving toward monarchy here, where we want the money, no strings attached. Well, the Constitution attaches strings.”

Not if there’s no government, Louie.  No government, no strings.

Thanks to Bananas for the heads up.