No way to run a country
Posted: January 11, 2013 at 2:06 a.m.
The United States of America isn’t going to default on its debt, even if Congress doesn’t increase the statutory borrowing authority in the next couple of months. Everyone in Washington knows, or should know, this. Any assertions to the contrary are tantamount to—perish the thought!—playing politics with the debt ceiling.
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Editorial, Pages 14 on 01/11/2013
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