Charlie Sykes writes,
"The right has been nurturing its fantasies of debt-hostage taking for more than a decade, during which we have had more than enough time to research, document, and ponder the dire consequences of this sort of fiscal brinkmanship. …
It’s worth remembering that the vote over the debt limit is a self-inflicted, artificial crisis. It is like scheduling a therapeutic game of Russian Roulette with hostages."
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https://morningshots.thebulwark.com/p/theres-nothing-conservative-about
Right, but it's self-inflicted as previous congresses promised spending of money that they not only didn't have but didn't even plan to finance.
We need to blame those representatives that we somehow keep reelecting for putting us in this situation.
They had every chance to authorize debt to fund their programs, and it was clear they'd need to, but they didn't.
So here we are.
@volkris It's an artificial and manufactured crisis, tout court.