"That is not an acceptable approach," he said at a press conference before talks resumed. "So we might as well do it now. Pull off the bandaid. Eat our peas. Now is the time to do it. If not now, when?" He added: "This is the United States of America. We don't manage our affairs in three month increments." "
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President Obama raised the stakes on negotiations to raise the United States government's $14.3 trillion debt ceiling by declaring he would not accept any stopgap measures involving a short-term increase in the borrowing limit. "That is not an acceptable approach," he said at a press conference before talks resumed. "So we might as well do it now. Pull off the bandaid. Eat our peas. Now is the time to do it. If not now, when?" He added: "This is the United States of America. We don't manage our affairs in three month increments."
Not the origination however
Not the origination however