the only other semi-impartial sources i have seen are various articles on forbes, bloomberg and the like with CEO’s of varying political stripes saying even a prioritized default would be devastating. I’m not saying it’s true. But i will say I’m sure as HELL not going to trust moody’s.
Well if that is true, than the House GOP simply cannot keep this going past the Oct 17 deadline. Because they will not be capable of convincing the public that the White House and the Senate is to blame for this. So it depends on whether or not those CEOs are being truthful in saying a default would happen and it would be devastating. If they are right, then the House GOP has until the Oct 17 deadline and that’s it