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Thursday, 23 May 2013

Washington downgrades debt threat to DEFCON 3

MAD averted

The House has passed a GOP motion to raise the nation’s borrowing limit for four months. That implies Republicans will use fear of a government shutdown to try to cut the deficit. It’s akin to putting a gun to a kneecap rather than a head. It’s less messy and might just work.

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