Jesse Jackson: Republicans offer posturing, not policy
by Leonard Pitts Jr., Tribune Content Agency
Apr 30, 2023
3 minutes
America pays its debts. It is a basic pledge. Millions of Americans who hold savings bonds or put their hard-earned money into federal treasury bonds need not worry. The bonds are good; the interest will be paid. The reason the dollar is the currency used by countries across the world is that America pays its debts.
Now Republicans are holding that pledge hostage, demanding savage cuts in spending or they will default on America’s debts by refusing to raise
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