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June 02, 2011

Bachmann: Geithner Telling ‘Blatant Lies’ on Debt Ceiling

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According to Michele Bachmann, Tim Geithner "unfortunately resorted not only to scare tactics, [but] in my opinion it was outright blatant lies when he said that we would see the collapse of various things if we didn't allow the government to continue to borrow money, and spend money, that we don't have.

"What the Treasury secretary has failed to tell the American people is that we have it within our discretion to pay our debts first," Bachmann says.

 

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