Poll: Most say lawmakers behaved like ‘spoiled children’ in debt fight [View All]

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Source: Raw Story
By Stephen C. Webster

Tags: government coffers, john boehner, poll figuresFollowing a political battle that literally threatened to topple the global financial system, most Americans say their representatives in Congress behaved like "spoiled children" in coming to a deal on U.S. debt, with congressional Republicans coming out looking the worst overall.

New poll figures from CNN (PDF) found that 77 percent said lawmakers acted like "spoiled children," with just 17 percent saying the negotiations were handled by "responsible adults."

Overall, the American people appeared largely confused about what might happen if the U.S. debt ceiling weren't raised, with just 52 percent saying it would cause either a "crisis" (14 percent) or "major problems" (38 percent).

In reality, the cascading waves of debt that would have erupted from a U.S. default would ripple across the global economy, driving up interest rates and potentially halting many imports and exports, while payments from programs like Social Security and the Veterans Administration would stop until government coffers were full again.

More at: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/08/02/poll-most-say-lawmakers-behaved-like-spoiled-children-in-debt-fight/