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Jack Reed: “If we default next week, even technically, your view, I believe, is that that will make our ability to do almost…”

On the recordOctober 9, 2013
If we default next week, even technically, your view, I believe, is that that will make our ability to do almost everything, including deal with the long-term entitlement problem, much more difficult.
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Jack Reed
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Reed emphasizes the consequences of a potential default on government obligations.

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