One day they'll look back on today's insanity

Elizabeth Drew | What Were They Thinking?
Elizabeth Drew, New York Review of Books
Elizabeth Drew: "Someday people will look back and wonder, What were they thinking? Why, in the midst of a stalled recovery, with the economy fragile and job creation slowing to a trickle, did the nation's leaders decide that the thing to do - in order to raise the debt limit, normally a routine matter - was to spend less money, making job creation all the more difficult?"
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