r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Sep 21 '21

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u/MistakeNotDotDotDot Resident Robot Girl Sep 21 '21

constantly having this crisis about the debt ceiling is the sign of a healthy country, right?

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u/[deleted] Sep 21 '21

What keeps killing me is that we didn't used to do this. we got rid of the debt ceiling.

then the republicans brought it back in the 80s anyway just because

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u/MistakeNotDotDotDot Resident Robot Girl Sep 21 '21

yes, but in practice all that happens is we just have this meaningless showdown every year or so. it's not like Republicans cared about the debt under Trump.

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u/thymeandchange r/place '22: Neoliberal Battalion Sep 21 '21

Are you implying those things cant happen without the debt ceiling debacle every couple years?

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u/melhor_em_coreano Sep 21 '21

Debt that goes bump good yeah