Guardian
•67% Informative
In a hostage situation, the perpetrators risk not getting a payoff or, worse, spending decades in prison.
For Kevin McCarthy and the defaulters, there is no downside, writes Julian Zelizer.
Zelizer: The consequences of debt-ceiling brinkmanship are dire for Joe Biden.
A default might well mean that Biden would be running for reelection with the economy in a Republican-created tailspin.
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