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The Republican argument that raising the debt ceiling encourages additional future spending is logically irresponsible. The debt ceiling has to be raised to authorize spending already approved by Congress. Despite that fallacy, the GOP has been able to score political points with its argument.

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Eliot Spitzer
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: June 10
Former Governor Of New York
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