Birdwatch Note Rating
2023-04-20 15:05:29 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 53898DB17ECDDB8648EEF935CB6A549F98569E6619DAFF240C313863886015F6
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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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