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user-inactivated  ·  4336 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The dangerous debt ceiling game

Sharing that flowchart on debt ceiling scenarios everywhere I can.

EDIT: in any case, the Republicans have maneuvered themselves into a corner for what feels like the 30th time in the last five years. Obama -- as the article notes -- has consistently misused his leverage, but in this situation he really doesn't have a wrong move to make.





b_b  ·  4336 days ago  ·  link  ·  

My favorite is B3. Result: "Not to be contemplated."

user-inactivated  ·  4336 days ago  ·  link  ·  

It's true practically, though. That will simply never happen, so there's no real point thinking about it.

    And so a period of time will elapseā€¦ A day? A few days? A week? Two weeks? A month? Two months? More?

I'd give it an absolute maximum of two weeks.