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Barbara Boxer: “The full consequences of a default or even the serious prospect of a default by the United States are impossible to…”

On the recordJuly 18, 2011
The full consequences of a default or even the serious prospect of a default by the United States are impossible to predict and awesome to contemplate.
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Barbara Boxer
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Boxer cites Reagan's warning about the dangers of defaulting on U.S. debt.

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