"Debt default would seal the deal, sending the US into a $15 trillion tailspin of increased borrowing costs, and maximum uncertainty.
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"We are witnessing the controlled demolition of the United States as a world power. We may survive it — when we ultimately decide to take action. But first we must suffer the humiliation that comes with having voted for a Putin puppet. Not only did we do that, but we are now being forced to live out the reality of having done that."