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Liberties and legislators carted off and put in jail and even the congressman having his constitutional liberties violated. all of that was done away with after the war and the nation went back on a path of redeeming a lot of the war debt. we have paid off in the 50 years after the civil war, we paid off half of the civil war debt. >> glenn: i think you guys are going for real, those are really good examples. the one i always hear on lincoln is he got rid of the state rights. but i actually went down to the civil war museum in the south and asked to see a copy of the constitution. they rolled ...

And even the congressman having his constitutional liberties violated. all of that was done away with after the war and the nation went back on a path of redeeming a lot of the war debt. we have paid off in the 50 years after the civil war, we paid off half of the civil war debt. >> glenn: i think you guys are going for real, those are really good examples. the one i always hear on lincoln is he got rid of the state rights. but i actually went down to the civil war museum in the south and asked to see a copy of the constitution. they rolled out the real copy. i read it. that's not about the st...

Liberties and legislators carted off and put in jail and even the congressman having his constitutional liberties violated. all of that was done away with after the war and the nation went back on a path of redeeming a lot of the war debt. we have paid off in the 50 years after the civil war, we paid off half of the civil war debt. >> glenn: i think you guys are going for real, those are really good examples. the one i always hear on lincoln is he got rid of the state rights. but i actually went down to the civil war museum in the south and asked to see a copy of the constitution. they rolled ...

With after the war and the nation went back on a path of redeeming a lot of the war debt we have paid off in the 50 years after the civil war, we paid off half of the civil war debt. >> glenn: i think you guys are going for real, those are really good examples. the one i always hear on lincoln is he got rid of the state rights. but i actually went down to the civil war museum in the south and asked to see a copy of the constitution. they rolled out the real copy. i read it. that's not about the state rights. that's about the slavery. you are joining the confederacy, you don't have a right to d...

Nearly a quarter century ago, the outstanding debt was about $4 trillion. budget cuts helps keep it in check but it began climbing again under president bush, and when he left office, he was about 12 trillion. it only accelerated under president obama, now approaching $20 trillion, showing little sign of slowing under the new chief executive. government shutdowns, sequesters, suspension of the debt ceiling itself, the self-inflicted wounds have turned the debt ceiling argument into a political pinata. first thing to remember, we have always had a shared debt. at the birth of the republic it wa...