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Brian Higgins: A default on American debt would not only destroy the American economy with high recession, lost household savings, lost…

On the recordMarch 28, 2023
A default on American debt would not only destroy the American economy with high recession, lost household savings, lost retirement savings, but it would drag the entirety of the world economy down with it.
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Brian Higgins
Democratic · New York

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Higgins warns about the global consequences of a U.S. debt default.

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