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LOOKING
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IN ANGST
JASON
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HUFFINGTON
10.20.13
THE SURREAL LOGIC OF
THE DEBT CEILING DENIERS
VER AT SLATE, Dave
Weigel profiles the
strangest subset of
the debt ceiling hostage-taker caucus — the members of the House GOP who seem
to genuinely believe that breach-
0
ing the debt ceiling would be
no big deal, and that everyone
warning of dire economic consequences is either wrong or weaving elaborate conspiracies.
In general, the people Weigel profiles fit into a specific
camp — one that believes that
the Treasury has more leeway to
prioritize payments than they
Sen. Tom
Coburn
(R-Okla) told
‘CBS: This
Morning’
that failing
to raise the
debt ceiling
will not cause
the U.S. to
default.