On the recordJuly 28, 2011
The debt ceiling does not determine how much more money we can spend, it simply authorizes us to pay the bills we already have racked up.
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presidency.ucsb.edu“The debt ceiling does not determine how much more money we can spend, it simply authorizes us to pay the bills we already have racked up.”
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