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2023-05-03 16:37:50 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 48BB597C96EC9481EA17F3959182D906EA7CD64C6B215F436FEA27DE1984FE86
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In a 2021 op-ed in The Hill, Alex J. Pollock, a former Treasury Dept official, argued there are 4 precedents for US defaults. Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget: Academics can quibble whether US had 'defaulted,' but failure to raise debt ceiling would be unprecedented https://www.wral.com/story/fact-check-has-the-u-s-ever-defaulted-on-its-debt/20742428/
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