Center for Economic and Policy Research: Statement on the Debt Ceiling
June 01, 2023
June 01, 2023
WASHINGTON, June 1 (TNStalk) -- The Center for Economic and Policy Research issued the following agency statement on May 31, 2023:
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The Republicans' use of the debt ceiling to threaten a forced default and non-payment of other current, approved, and legal obligations - including salaries and benefits owed - is a form of extortion that should not be allowed in a democracy.
It had nothing to do with reducing the public debt. The total reduction of t . . .
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The Republicans' use of the debt ceiling to threaten a forced default and non-payment of other current, approved, and legal obligations - including salaries and benefits owed - is a form of extortion that should not be allowed in a democracy.
It had nothing to do with reducing the public debt. The total reduction of t . . .