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Douglas Holtz-Eakin Explains Why Not Raising The Debt Ceiling Is Really Bad Idea

· Thursday, July 21, 2011 · 1 comment

Former director of the Congressional Budget Office, and former adviser to John McCain’s 2008 campaign, Douglas Holtz-Eakin explains in under a minute why the debt kamikazes are totally wrong:

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  1. flypay says:
    Thursday, 21 July 2011 at 19:19

    Can I get an additional :60 from the professor on how this gets any better without doubling revenue (i.e. taxes)?

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