Birdwatch Note Rating
2023-04-20 15:14:24 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 3595F13BC5FADDB9C3153B6AFBE6636F7FDB41413235D464D71CFB5D47582350
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Original Note:
Kevin McCarthy is tying the debt ceiling raise to a budget, but the debt ceiling is based on money already spent. You could cut the budget to zero today & it would have no effect on needing to raise the debt ceiling. And not raising it would be economically catastrophic. https://www.marketplace.org/2023/04/17/the-last-time-the-u-s-almost-defaulted-on-its-loans-the-consequences-were-expensive/amp/ https://home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/financial-markets-financial-institutions-and-fiscal-service/debt-limit
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