Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20131009:20:59:00
Not debatable. as slate's matthew iglesias explains it, normally the treasury department cuts the checks congress has told it to cut. collects the taxes congress has told it to collect. and borrows to cover the difference. but the law only allows the treasury to borrow a certain amount. iglesias continues. when we hit the debt ceiling on october 17, treasury will lack the legal authority to borrow anymore money to close the gap between spending and tax revenue. and this. from the social security administration yesterday. unlike a federal shutdown, which has no impact on the payment of social s...