You know, in a business, you have to operate on the basis of voluntary investment by individuals in a cause. With government, there is no voluntary effort to invest capital. It's just taken and invested. And the same accountability is not at play. The same natural forces in the economy are not at play.

It is simply science fiction fantasy to say that, if you do not raise the debt ceiling, that everything is going to collapse.

We can't legislate the creation of jobs, but we can legislate things that will allow jobs to be created.

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