The federal government could default on its debt as soon as July, a new forecast from the Bipartisan Policy Center warns, raising pressure on Congress for action.

The prominent think tank forecast Monday that the so-called “X-Date” would likely arrive between mid-July and early October.

  • arrow74@lemm.ee
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    7 days ago

    National debt doesn’t work like personal debt. It’s much more complex.

    Anyway if all government spending stopped due to a default it would get very very bad. Like you don’t have food to eat bad