On the recordSeptember 25, 2013
The real debt ceiling that any family, that any business or any government faces is when we get to the point when we can no longer find people to lend us money at a rate we can afford to repay.
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congress.govAlan Nunnelee: “The real debt ceiling that any family, that any business or any government faces is when we get to the point when we can…”
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Nunnelee discusses the implications of reaching a point of unsustainable debt.
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