Focus on Growth, Not Debt

This month Washington is consumed by the impasse over reopening the government and raising the debt limit. It seems likely that this episode, like the 1995-96 government shutdowns and the 2011 debt limit scare, will be remembered mainly by the people directly involved. But there is a chance future historians will see today’s crisis as the turning point where American democracy was shown to be dysfunctional – an example to be avoided rather than emulated.

Source: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2013/10/14/focus_on_growth_not_debt_317781.html
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