Washington Is Having the Wrong Debate

Let’s talk debt, not debt ceiling.

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In the money. Photo: Getty Images/iStockphoto

Every talking head on TV has an opinion on the debt ceiling, but the discussion should be about the debt itself (“A Less-Bad Option for the Debt-Ceiling Crisis” by Alan Blinder, op-ed, May 19). Can any politician fit the number “31 trillion” in his brain? They should talk more about reducing the national debt, not about raising it.

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