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Biden people throwing down:
WHITE HOUSE SAYS CONGRESS WILL HAVE TO RAISE U.S. DEBT LIMIT, WITHOUT CONDITIONS
— *Walter Bloomberg (@DeItaone) January 8, 2023
Trump saying to use the ceiling to exact concessions from Democrats:
Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – January 8, 2023
by Tony Wikrent
Strategic Political Economy
Why Petulant Oligarchs Rule Our World
Paul Krugman [New York Times, via The Big Picture 1-3-2023]
…the lesson I took from my moment of pettiness was that privilege corrupts, that it very easily breeds a sense of entitlement. And surely, to paraphrase Lord Acton, enormous privilege corrupts enormously, in part because the very privileged are normally surrounded by people who would never dare tell them that they’re behaving badly.
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