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Michael Bennet: Can you think of anything that would be more destructive to my desire to pay down our deficit than to fail to raise the…

On the recordJuly 13, 2011
Can you think of anything that would be more destructive to my desire to pay down our deficit than to fail to raise the debt ceiling--raise the interest rate?
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Michael Bennet
Democratic · Colorado

Editor's note · Context

Bennet warns against failing to raise the debt ceiling as harmful to deficit reduction.

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