The debt ceiling disputes that arise in the U.S. Congress over whether to raise the ceiling to allow more borrowing and

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The debt ceiling disputes that arise in the U.S. Congress over
whether to raise the ceiling to allow more borrowing and
spending could arise from widespread acceptance of:
the theory of size-maximizing bureaucracy.
Arrow's Impossibility Theorem.
Leviathan theory.
direct democracy.
the median voter model.