Jeff Weintraub: A solid majority of House Republicans just voted to crash the US economy and the world financial system

Jeff Weintraub: A solid majority of House Republicans just voted to crash the US economy and the world financial system: => Second, even though the most catastrophic outcome was averted in this case, the Republican strategy of government-by-crisis-and-extortion has nevertheless done significant and accumulating damage to the US economy, to the effectiveness and legitimacy of our political system, and to America's position in the world—and will continue to do so. A report in today's New York Times spelled out some of this damage: