‘Some bills have to go unpaid’ if debt limit isn’t raised, says Treasury Sec. Yellen



Treasury Sec. Janet Yellen exclusively joins Meet the Press to discuss the consequences of defaulting on the nation’s debt.

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28 comments

  1. Unpaid bills…let's start with her salary and her departments and staff. She approved all this excess spend and borrow over these past 2 years, like a crazy chick with a credit card overmaxed. Get her out of office!

  2. lol this is nuts I understand why she doesn't want to answer the questions because this isn't part of the "job description" having to make such decisions, the Congress has reneged on its responsibilities putting her in a position to make EXTREMELY political decisions regarding what gets cut and what doesn't even though she is really just a functionary who implements others' decisions as opposed to making her own

  3. Ahhh….the Biden Admin just found 3 billion it had allocated but didn't use mysteriously sitting around AND another 300 million so they packaged it up to send to UKRAINE. wow, right now american families could have really really used that extra money. We're in debt, but Joe sent 3.3 billion to Ukraine this week. eat that families

  4. Dept of Agriculture (dem run) had proposed to cut back on WIC

  5. Congress has only 1 of 3 choices. 1. Raise the debt ceiling. 2. Remove the debt ceiling. 3. Authorize the U. S. mint to create a trillion dollar coin. Those are the only viable options! Defaulting on the national debt, does not benefit anyone.

  6. China and Russia will be glad to help you Muricans pay off your debt. Just accept communism. 😂

  7. He's like a child. Stop talking and let her actually complete a sentence before you ask another question.

  8. The current budget runs from October 1, 2022, to September 30, 2023. Period. Republicans do NOT get to blackmail their way into changing that budget passed by the previous Congress. When Fall 2023 rolls around, they will get their chance to participate in new budget negotiations, not a minute sooner. We don’t negotiate with terrorists.

  9. Joe Biden and Kevin McCarthy are playing Russian Roulette with 3 bullets in the revolver. And they keep forgetting to spin the chamber !!

  10. Must be getting very expensive to pay countless pawns to no avail!

  11. People aren't going to be able to pay their bills. The US economy will decline worse than it already has. This is exactly what China and Russia want; to see the US fall.

  12. Top priorities: Bombs, Bullets, Foreign Aid and Foreign National's.
    Very last priority: American Citizens

  13. Pay the seniors and all social security benefits we need money to live we are not rich like the grovement politicians. Yellon make sure you pay social security

  14. Great to see ol Chucky Todd stepping in to help his DNC bosses

  15. 👍👍👍.I was at a retirement seminar and the speaker spoke on how he quit his job after he made well over $950,000 PROFIT within 3months he invested $120,000. I just began investing and I need guidance on what investments to make.

  16. This is a empire where the richest people in the world live here. But when become of a question of life and death of nation, your funny freedom government punish the poor to pay for your rich men's prices. A Utopia government that doesn't even understand the value of life, but claim to have a power like GOD to creates value, creates paper, creates life, creates intelligence, creates food out of thin air. But when the utopian citizens woke up, and start looking at each other like a hungry zombie, they will realize that as long as the sun can die, nobody rides for free.🙂

  17. 14th amendment takes care of the issue

  18. its a revenue issue, and a spending issue, nice weapon though

  19. I work for the Federal government. This happens all the time.
    My Federal credit union honors my direct deposit paycheck as an interest free loan.
    For me it is a paid vacation charged to admin leave. Not to mention a working day wasted planning for the furlough.
    I feel bad for the food vendors that cater to our business.

  20. The Trump party wants to not pay its bills?

  21. I would forego the "interest only" payments and not pay congress's pay and benefits!

  22. Hopefully welfare goes first ! No section 8 ! Time to get a job !

  23. I heard her say she would pay 💰 social security retirement and the Military regardless