No one likes the debt deal
Posted on AllSides October 8th, 2021
From The Left
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ANALYSIS
The leaders of the Senate were happy Thursday with their deal to avoid a debt default. They were about the only ones.
Why it matters: The Band-Aid does nothing to solve the debt ceiling problem long term for Americans. Democrats fear it only kicks the can down the road to a very busy December. Republicans, meanwhile, are mad their party blinked.
“Why the hell would I make it easier for them to raise the debt ceiling through regular order? We had a strategy and we abandoned it," Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) told CNN's Manu...
