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WOW. McCarthy agreed to a secret deal to actually breach the debt limit and shut down everything the govt does beside the military and social security. no faa, border patrol, DOJ, school lunch, education, medicaid, food safety. Everything torched.

washingtonpost.com

House Republicans prepare emergency plan for breaching debt limit

The proposal, still under discussion, would direct the Treasury Department to prioritize certain payments if the United States hits the debt ceiling.

11:35 PM · Jan 13, 2023

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2/ It's important not to lose the forest for the trees here. What they're proposing really isn't possible. This got hashed out in 2011. It's best seen as a way to try to blame it on the White House when the USG does go into debt default.

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Darkly funny to see Democratic strategists get cocky.

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Only takes one vote to vacate. Someone call the vote, unless the whole GOP caucus is cool with this idea.

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Biden should let it happen and go on TV and say “Ask Kevin McCarthy when you can fly again”.

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Biden needs to make a nationally televised speech warning people about this now.

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The Purge Let’s #MTFC

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Now get rid of social security too and you're left with something close to what the Constitution actually authorizes the Federal Government to do.

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The R party should never ever get the nuclear codes again

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