Matt Damon on debt limit: ‘I’m so disgusted,’ ‘it’s criminal’ the wealthy are not paying higher taxes

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WASHINGTON, July 30 (NicholasBallasy.com) – Academy award-winning actor Matt Damon said he is “so disgusted” with what’s happening in Washington over the debt limit, claiming that the Tea Party is “willing to drive it all off a cliff” and adding that it’s “criminal” the wealthy are not paying higher taxes.

“I’m so disgusted man. I mean, no, I don’t know what you do in the face of that kind of intransigence. You know, so my heart does go out to the President. He is dealing with a lot,” Damon said in an exclusive interview at the “Save Our Schools March” in Washington, D.C. on Saturday.

When asked if he agrees with President Obama’s call for a “balanced approach” as part of a deal to raise the debt limit, Damon said, “Yes, the wealthy are paying less than they’ve paid in any time else, certainly in my lifetime.”