Debts must be paid

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Regarding the ongoing threat to refuse to raise the federal debt ceiling: As I read the 14th Article, section 4, of the Amendments to the Constitution, it appears this threat is unconstitutional and that all debts must be paid.

Where am I wrong?

Don Lawson

Brigham City