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There are two sides involved. It’s up to both of them to find a compromise.

Both sides pledged to support and defend the constitution when they took the job. One side is refusing to do that. The compromise is they pay their debts and think about this the next time they want to give billionaires a tax cut.

https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/amendment-14/sectio...

>> "The validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and bounties for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be questioned."

lol please, as if one side is significantly better than the other. the establishment is exactly the same on both sides, and believe me, they do not work for you. stuff like "one side is refusing that" is just ridiculous partisanship, and anyone that believes it, on EITHER side, just lives in a bubble. and looking at things, the democrats are FAR more radical the the republicans. Both are borderline traitors though, and deserves not an iota of power

Only one side takes the other side hostage by threatening an economic catastrophe. 1995, 2011, 2013, and 2023 debt ceiling standoffs were all initiated by the GOP. [0]

It makes zero sense to pass a budget without providing the means to finance that budget.

[0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_United_States...

But isn't the current situation one in which the House is authorizing borrowing to avoid default while also rolling back future spending? So it's not "vote to spend money, but then make it impossible"?

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