The Debt Ceiling Crisis

National debt

after World War II was 120% of GDP

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Debt ceiling was

$14.3 trillion

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Unemployment reaches

9.2%

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32% of Americans didn't think debt default would result in economic catastrophe

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9.3 Million

People following @barackobama on Twitter

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E Pluribus Unum. For the Many, One

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"Wake up. We gotta suck it up. Pay this bill."
Alec Baldwin

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2 Trillion

dollars in long-term spending cuts agreed upon

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40% of medicaid funding comes from the federal government

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5 takeaways from the Debt ceiling debate

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Congress needs to revisit debt limit in

2013

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2 for 2: 2 rounds of spending cuts for 2 matching increases in the debt limit

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10 Movies

helping Republicans stay bold, aggressive and insane

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58,000 Comments

related to the S&P downgrading the US Credit rating to AA+

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