I had a dream in which I saw House Speaker John Boehner give the following speech. I'm sure you are all aware by now of the debt ceiling issue. If we do not pass legislation this week to raise the federal debt ceiling, the federal government will not be able to pay all its bills, starting next week. Much of government will have to shut down. The size and suddenness of these shut-downs and non-payments are horrible to contemplate. Nobody wants that to happen. But to simply raise the ceiling and keep on doing what we have been doing is irresponsible. Deficits have been over $1 trillion since 2009 and are expected to exceed that again in 2012. We know in the House, and our counterparts in the Senate and White House know, that we are on an unsustainable fiscal path. There is no fuzz on that, no disagreement. Our constituents, the American people, are telling us they are more concerned about the risks of doing business as usual than....
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