Birdwatch Note Rating
2023-05-23 15:09:31 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: B235CEC907FCDE07C0A46B3F3AFDE9145430DEC4F29C90D314D2AA2BD6A4BBF5
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Original Note:
Cause of the potential default is not the President but the Republicans who insist on large budget cuts to safety net programs to raise the debt ceiling, except these cuts will have zero effect on needing to raise the debt ceiling because it's money we already spent. https://home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/financial-markets-financial-institutions-and-fiscal-service/debt-limit https://www.reuters.com/world/us/amid-us-debt-ceiling-standoff-senate-democrats-dissect-republican-plan-2023-05-04/ https://www.cbpp.org/blog/republican-debt-ceiling-and-cuts-bill-would-cost-states-and-local-communities-13-trillion
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