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Comment author: ChristianKl 17 October 2013 07:00:18PM 0 points [-]

Because it's a redundant constraint. The budget already limits the debt, and that is the best mechanism for limiting it - it can actually take effect safely. The debt limit is a guillotine. If it ever does anything directly, we are screwed.

Then why shouldn't we get rid of the guillotine?

Comment author: Luke_A_Somers 18 October 2013 04:34:03PM 0 points [-]

A few posts up:

I wonder, next time control of the House changes, maybe they will try to do away with the debt ceiling.

As far as I can tell, no reason at all.

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