09/13/2011
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"$47 billion in Medicare provided payments that are due June 1 would not go out."
"You know, it has long been known and long ignored that Social Security has a customer service problem."
"$12 billion as of June 1, if we default, $12 billion in veterans benefits would not be sent out."
"What is not talked about as much is that American debt in the form of Treasury bonds, bills, and securities is the greatest, safest investment in the world."