A King’s Ransom

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There’s broad agreement that the debt ceiling deal just brokered will do little to fix our long-term fiscal issues. In fact it seems likely to make our short-term economic prospects even worse.

So what, if anything, did it accomplish with certitude?

Apparently, for the GOP, proof of the efficacy of legislative hostage-taking.

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