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In response to "do it. just do it. you want to do it anyway. " by Mel Profit

The one difficult thing is that as much as we'd all like to see these morons destroy themselves, we can't afford to let them take down the country

Posted by pmb (aka pmb) Oct 15 '13, 08:17

with them. If this was just a battle about the funding the government I'd let them burn, but we can't let the government default. Personally I'd like to see the president use the constitutional defense and let the republicans go fight it in court.

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- I'll worry about a court ruling in five years. I'll worry about the economy today. -- nm - David Oct 15, 08:41 1
  - the actual legal issue is almost beside the point. the problem is whether the market will accept the bond issues as legit. -- nm - znufrii Oct 15, 08:47
- You follow this much more than I do. Can you give me something brief on the legal arguments on the issue? -- nm - pmb Oct 15, 08:28
I totally agree. It's just my frustration talking. -- nm - Mel Profit Oct 15, 08:20
I expect the 14th Amendment discussion to start tonight. -- nm - David Oct 15, 08:19

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The one difficult thing is that as much as we'd all like to see these morons destroy themselves, we can't afford to let them take down the country

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