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Paul Begala: “The debt ceiling has been raised for 95 years. We used to not have a debt ceiling, and there's no real need to have it.”

On the recordMay 15, 2012
The debt ceiling has been raised for 95 years. We used to not have a debt ceiling, and there's no real need to have it.
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Paul Begala
Democratic · Texas

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Paul Begala argues against the necessity of the debt ceiling, highlighting its historical context.

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