MSNBC Stephanie Ruhle Reports September 23, 2021 13:48:00
Here is we are the only country in the world that does it this way. we have raised the debt ceiling almost 100 times since we came up with the concept. it's clearly not holding down debt. it is a debt sunroof at best. why shouldn't we just get rid of it all together? >> look, i have long been an advocate in changing the way we handle the debt limit. going back as far as the 1980s when i worked for striker o'neal we tried to make it an easier process so you wouldn't have these kinds of high wire acts. since we reached the point in 2011 where the u.s. was downgraded by a rating agency and we saw...
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