whether it s a mental illness or not having enough food, these are just not intractable problems in the least. they are uniquely exacerbated in the united states as it relates to developed countries. but absolutely solvable problems. especially here in new york city. a city awash in wealth. that s right. among a very few number of households. i appreciate that you are staying on top of. it thanks alex, have a great weekend. thanks ali, have a great show. the validity of the public debt of the united states shall not be questioned. that is america s constitutional mandate. and who in the current negotiations between president biden and kevin mccarthy appears to be violating that? who really knows what s going on with the white house negotiations with kevin mccarthy ten days before a potential default date. here s the update. talks briefly resume tonight with no progress after republican negotiators abruptly left a meeting with the biden administration officials t
briefly resume tonight with no progress after republican negotiators abruptly left the meeting with officials this morning saying that they needed to quote, press pause, and quote. calling the talks not productive. the republicans exit was widely seen, not as an order from the speaker, kevin mccarthy, but rather as kevin mccarthy taking marching orders from the chaos caucus. otherwise known as the house freedom caucus. and it s spiritual leader, donald trump. who said today, quote, republicans should not make a deal on the debt ceiling unless they get everything they want, including the kitchen sink. that s the way democrats have always dealt with us, do not fold. exclamation, exclamation, exclamation. and quote. that the chaos of kevin mccarthy s speakership taught us anything, it s that kevin mccarthy does not control his caucus. and now those hard-liners who one unknown concessions from mccarthy to make and the speaker, seemed to be calling the shots. a source familiar wit
he is a professor of and he s a cofounder of inequality media. gentlemen, thank you for joining us. congressman, let me start with you. talk to me about the state of things right now. we have on again off again negotiations. we have about ten days, we have a call for republicans to come over and sign on an effort to just get this vote passed. a clean vote passed. and we have discussions about the 14th amendment. all of these are remarkably serious things. what is the state of play? ali, it sounds complex. but it s really pretty simple. we don t negotiate about whether we pay our bills in america. we pay our bills. democrats did this when donald trump was president. now, president biden needs to pay the debt. this is not congress against the president. this is congress trying to abrogate what past congresses have done. past congresses have said, pay this money. president biden needs to pay. we had the district petition
pay the debt. this is not congress against the president. this is congress trying to abrogate what past congresses have done. past congresses have said, pay this money. president biden needs to pay. we had the district petition say, basically, president biden, paid the debt. 210 democrats sided on day one. 200 democrats are expected to sign it on monday. that gets us to 212. we ve just seen six republicans to sign that. i think there s gonna be growing pressure for that. bob, i want to ask you about the constitutionality of that. this is actually in the constitution. it s not an obstruction. the 14th amendment says america needs to pay its debts. even if it weren t in the constitution, one should assume that s what you do. when a country does not play its debts, it s in default. you have high interest rates, you have inflation, people leave your economy. but even if this went to court,
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