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Yes.

And while the mainstream view is that Ryan/Boehner never really intended to go through with it because they knew the consequences, a sizable contingent of congresspeople & conservative pundits wanted to go through with it just to show that "they meant business".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_debt-ceiling_cri...

My perspective, when people tell you what they'll do, believe them. It would be economic equivalent to setting off a nuclear bomb in the middle of the country, but :shrug:, it would own the libs.