So a failure to raise the debt ceiling would be probably the most significant and immediate increase in the deficit that we are likely to see, the one act that would dramatically increase the deficit?
On the recordJuly 13, 2011
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Reed emphasizes the severe impact of not raising the debt ceiling on the deficit.
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