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2016 Postmortem

Jeevus

(61 posts) Fri Jan 11, 2013, 11:02 PM Jan 2013

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Bypass the debate - 14th Amendment

I support this course of action.

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Bypass the debate - 14th Amendment (Original Post) Jeevus Jan 2013 OP

That doesn't authorize more debt Recursion Jan 2013 #1

Recursion

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1. That doesn't authorize more debt

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Sat Jan 12, 2013, 09:29 PM

Jan 2013

It just mandates payment. There are ways to pay the interest without borrowing more, so unilaterally raising the ceiling is illegal.

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