Tip-Off #58 - The High Cost of Compromise

"You can compromise without violating your principles, but it is nearly impossible to compromise when you turn principles into ideology." - Observer-Reporter, Washington, PA.

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(Notes and reading at the end.)

The debt limit is the total amount of money the United States government is authorized to borrow to meet its existing legal obligations, including Social Security and Medicare benefits, military salaries, interest on the national debt, tax refunds, and other payments. The debt limit does no…