Indeed, as the deadline for raising the debt ceiling neared, Henry Aaron, a distinguished senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, pointed out that the US Constitution requires the president “to spend what Congress has instructed him to spend, to raise only those taxes Congress has authorized him to impose, and to borrow no more than Congress authorizes.”
De hecho, ya cerca de la fecha límite para aumentar el tope de endeudamiento, Henry Aaron, un distinguido investigador superior de la Brookings Institution, señaló que la Constitución de Estados Unidos obliga al presidente “a gastar lo que el Congreso mande, aplicar solamente aquellos impuestos que el Congreso apruebe y no endeudarse más allá de lo que el Congreso autorice”.