It seems like Congress always waits until the last minute and then always raises the debt ceiling, no matter which party is in power and how much we're spending. It's got people wondering why we have something that seems so useless? Boyd sat down with Haley Byrd Wilt from The Dispatch to ask that very question. They also discuss how politicians use the debt ceiling as a cudgel against the other party. 

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