We should have made them walk the plank.?ģ. I believe the Democratic Party and the President of the United States should not have backed down. We didn’t raise any revenue, and they didn’t close any tax loopholes. Walk the plank: During her August 2011, “We’re getting tired? tirade, Waters also went after the opposition in the debt-ceiling debate: “We were basically held up in raising the debt ceiling until they got all of those budget cuts they demanded.