… recipient doesn't get their check, if one soldier doesn't get paid if one debt payment is not met, it's their fault. It would be their choice. There's no reason. Because If we don't increase that debt ceiling right away, we would have to live within our means. And that would be, according to the president's own budget, $2.6 trillion. Dana, that's $800 billion more than we spent just 10 years ago under Bill Clinton. It wouldn't have to be a crisis if we actually planned for it. (02:18–02:28)
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Claims that without raising the debt ceiling, the government would operate on $2.6 trillion, per the president's budget.
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