Opposition from Mitch McConnell means the spending package is dead and the US faces a shutdown and default

Probably won’t lead to anything other than no reconciliation/infra bills passing, but the idea of the economy collapsing and Joe Biden getting ragingly angry at questions on it in a press conference is entertaining

  • infuziSporg [e/em/eir]
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    3 years ago

    It's about 150% of GDP. Higher than the national debt, which is already a critical obstacle to the government as-is.

      • infuziSporg [e/em/eir]
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        3 years ago

        That sounds cool, I just want to get a house and some fruit trees and guns and appropriate-tech machines by the time that happens.