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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dave70968" data-source="post: 3074805" data-attributes="member: 13624">Yes, I can see where tanking our credit rating would force us to live within our means, but it would be a disaster in the long run; sometimes, you just need to borrow money (see example above about war); sometimes, not having money right now is just that important because the alternative is just that bad.The fault isn't with the validity of the debt, it's with the voters who decided that all these nifty programs are worth borrowing to achieve.  There's no provision in law or Constitution that can't eventually fall victim to the will of the voters somehow.</blockquote>