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I heartily thrashed both Democrats and Republicans in a brief interview this morn with Press TV<\/strong><\/a>:<\/p>\n

U.S. officials are “wasting [the] money” of the American people “in so many different ways” as President Barack Obama and rival Republican lawmakers are struggling to compromise on the federal debt limit which was hit in May, says James Bovard, Maryland-based lecturer and author of Attention Deficit Democracy.<\/p>\n

American officials are abusing the nation’s money and the average American has almost no way to make them stop their abuses, he told Press TV’s U.S. Desk on Tuesday. <\/p>\n

Bovard added that it was not predictable “what kind of rabbits” the two rival sides will pull out of their hat during the talks.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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