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While I have virtually no faith or trust in professional politicians at this point, I refuse to believe that the Tea Party politicians don't understand the ramifications of even the HINT of a default.
That would mean they have no understanding of international economies and markets, no appreciation of America's role in international financial systems, no knowledge of how a weakened image of America's financial stability manifests as competitive governments and currencies sense blood in the water, no understand of the damage that can be done to an already terribly fragile domestic economy, NONE of it.
I have to believe they understand this and will not let this continue much longer. If they truly don't understand what this means, we're in even worse shape than I thought.
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