{"id":19193,"date":"2023-04-26T07:40:15","date_gmt":"2023-04-26T11:40:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nhtalkradio.com\/?p=19193"},"modified":"2023-04-26T08:06:57","modified_gmt":"2023-04-26T12:06:57","slug":"facing-the-future-does-the-house-republican-debt-limit-spending-cut-plan-get-us-closer-to-default","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nhtalkradio.com\/?p=19193","title":{"rendered":"Facing The Future: Will the House Republican Debt Limit Plan Break the Gridlock?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week on Facing the Future, Concord Coalition policy director Tori Gorman and chief economist Steve Robinson &#8211; both veterans of Capitol Hill &#8211; dissect the particulars of Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy&#8217;s proposal to raise the debt limit in exchange for about $4.5 Trillion in deficit reduction. A laudable goal, but should it be the start of a budget negotiation rather than a set of conditions for raising the debt limit to avoid a government default this summer?<\/p>\n<p>We also speak to Professor Mike Aguilar of the University of North Carolina about the collegiate Fiscal Challenge competition, which he founded and runs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe data-src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/1500655099&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc; line-break: anywhere; word-break: normal; overflow: hidden; white-space: nowrap; text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate, 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-weight: 100; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"WKXL - NH Talk Radio\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/wkxl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WKXL &#8211; NH Talk Radio<\/a> \u00b7 <a style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"Does the House Republican Debt Limit &amp; Spending Cut Plan Get Us Closer to Default?\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/wkxl\/facing-the-future-does-the-house-republican-debt-limit-spending-cut-plan-get-us-closer-to-default\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Does the House Republican Debt Limit &amp; Spending Cut Plan Get Us Closer to Default?<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week on Facing the Future, Concord Coalition policy director Tori Gorman and chief economist Steve Robinson &#8211; both veterans of Capitol Hill &#8211; dissect the particulars of Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy&#8217;s proposal to raise the debt limit in exchange for about $4.5 Trillion in deficit reduction. 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