Raise debt ceiling, then get real about finances
Americans are watching with growing disgust Washington's embarrassing inability to reach a reasoned and reasonable compromise in raising the debt-ceiling limit.
As President Barack Obama and congressional leaders from both political parties have publicly agreed, we must raise the debt-ceiling limit. They must deliver on this promise, and they shouldn't wait until the last minute to do so. Unfortunately, it looks like Washington will once again go down to the wire in addressing this large, known and growing challenge.
The current debt-ceiling discussions have been going on in one form or another for months. During this period, the discussions have essentially sucked so much oxygen out of the air that the current Congress is in danger of becoming a bigger "do-nothing Congress" than the one Harry Truman ran against in 1948.
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