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Re:U.S. Debt ceiling can be sidestepped by minting a $1T pla... by 988747 on Sunday September 19, 2021 @02:12PM (#28586546)
Yes, because generating infinite amount of debt is fashionable now. All that Republicans try to do is to stop the US from following Venezuela's footsteps. Unfortunately, it might already be too late for that.
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Re:U.S. Debt ceiling can be sidestepped by minting a $1T pla... by andrewjf on Sunday September 19, 2021 @05:48PM (#28588250)
No, they don’t care. It’s merely a political weapon they use to hurt their opposition. There’s no strategy beyond signaling to their base.
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Re:U.S. Debt ceiling can be sidestepped by minting a $1T pla... by CheezeIt on Sunday September 19, 2021 @07:43PM (#28588998)
It wouldn’t work if the Democrats didn’t want to spend an infinite amount of money.
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Re:U.S. Debt ceiling can be sidestepped by minting a $1T pla... by ersatz_username on Monday September 20, 2021 @11:45AM (#28595073)
How many times was the debt limit raised or suspended under the last republican administration (or the one before that, or the one before that…).

Or how about this one, who raised the debt limit more? Reagan or Obama? Fun fact, that would be Reagan.

Perhaps this isn’t a partisan issue.

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