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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Rep. Sean Casten

It’s time to end the threat of another debt limit crisis

President Joe Biden meets with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy of Calif., to discuss the debt limit in the Oval Office of the White House on May 22. (Alex Brandon/AP Photos)

I’d like you to imagine for a moment that you decide you’d no longer like to pay your mortgage. To be clear, this is not a matter of means or ability — for the sake of this hypothetical, you have the financial resources to make your payments. You simply don’t want to.

And so you call your bank and share the good news. You inform them that, while you may have previously agreed to your mortgage and promised to make your payments on time, you would not be doing so moving forward.

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