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Given the current makeup of Republicans in Congress, it is a very real possibility that the party’s extremists and complicit moderates will drive the United States to default, which will lead to global economic calamity.


This content originally appeared on The Progressive — A voice for peace, social justice, and the common good and was authored by Mark Fiore.