With the keen interest in the U.S. debt piling up and the congressional wrangling taking place on the U.S. national debt, the market place is extra sensitive to debt issues.

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If Congress fails to increase the debt limit, the government would have to stop, limit, or delay payments on a broad range of legal obligations, including Social Security and Medicare benefits, military salaries, and interest on the national debt, which is paid to big, market maker banks like J.

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Avoiding unreasonable expansion of the annual budget deficit and national debt, recognizing that both are as destructive as an adventurous stock market game.

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