BY JOE CONASON The current puppet play in Congress – where Republicans sponsored a bill to raise the nation’s debt ceiling only because they wanted to vote it down – would be funny, if only they weren’t risking economic disaster. Unfortunately they’re not joking, as they push the country closer and closer to a potentially ruinous default. If the showdown over debt and spending between the House majority and the White House isn’t resolved before […]

Playing With Default
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