Today on X-Date: Squint at the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, and you see MAGA conservatives endorsing legislative hostage-taking.
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Everyone Thinks the Debt Ceiling Is Someone Else’s Problem
On today’s X-Date, the epidemic of buck-passing breaking out in the nation’s capital
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Taking Debt Ceiling Negotiations Seriously
On today’s X-Date, looking at what could actually be accomplished in bipartisan talks yields few answers.
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How to Solve the Debt Ceiling Standoff? Sue Janet Yellen.
A bondholder could simply allege that America failing to pay off its debts is unconstitutional. There’s a good argument for that.
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Introducing X-Date: A Debt Ceiling Newsletter
Democrats could have tried to abolish this pointless and dangerous economic time bomb, but failed to do it.