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Great nations pay their bills. This is something Republicans and 

Democrats always agreed on. That’s why the debt ceiling has 

been raised—with no strings attached and no mandatory

cuts—39 times since 1980. The only reason the debt ceiling 

and budget cuts are linked this time around is because it is 

Barack Obama, not George W. Bush, in the White House.
                                                        Living in a World of Lies
                                                                          By Bill Press

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