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Bill Clinton: I Would Raise The Debt Limit And “Force The Courts To Stop Me”

07/19/2011 9:31 am 1 comment

Source: Corbett B. Daly / CBS News

Former President Bill Clinton said he would raise the nation’s legal borrowing limit on his own if he had to and “force the courts to stop me” in order to prevent the United States from defaulting on its debt obligations for the first time in history.

Clinton said he thinks President Obama and Republicans on Capitol Hill are going to cut a deal before August 2, “and that’s smart.”

But “if it came to that,” he would raise the debt ceiling using powers granted under the 14th amendment of the Constitution. The amendment says that the validity of the public debt shall not be questioned.

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Anonymous

Bill Clinton, just shut up! You and Hillary contributed to the problems we’re having in this country. All should understand, the Clintons are wealthy people since he left office. Clinton created this housing mess and signed NAFTA that cost jobs to be sent overseas. Clinton to jealous of President Obama and he and his croonies gone behind President Obama and put him in this position.

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