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On the recordJuly 31, 2011
This obsession on the debt ceiling -- and it's an artificial contrivance -- we just created that as a country -- has distracted from what a lot of people think is a bigger problem, and that is jobs, growth.
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Paul Begala
Democratic · Texas

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Begala argues that focusing on the debt ceiling diverts attention from more pressing issues like jobs and economic growth.

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