www.politicususa.com/2013/08/02/republicans-extortion-latest-attempt-transform-america.html
"It is important to look back at the debt ceiling crisis of 2011 to comprehend the web of extortion extending from Grover Norquist and libertarian Koch brothers down to Republicans John Boehner, Mitch McConnell, Eric Cantor, and Paul Ryan who extorted devastating spending cuts by threatening the full faith and credit of the United States with a credit default. Americans will be paying for Republican extortion for a decade as a result of the debt limit fiasco, and besides costing the nation over $19 billion in extra interest fees after S&P downgraded America’s credit, there were hundreds-of-thousands of jobs lost and millions more as a result of Republican’s sequestration"
