The problem is that these days many parents themselves are up to the hilt in debt.

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Then Venezuela abruptly canceled a huge voting machine contract, but only after AVM had borrowed up to the hilt to tool up for the order.

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And if it is necessary, we are going to back you up to the hilt with the strategy and the clear mission and the equipment and the support that you need to get the job done right.

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What it doesnt mean is a mortgage backed securities crisis leading to the break up of numerous banks that are levered to the hilt and to a credit squeeze that causes layoffs of people thrown out of their homes by commercial banks and a massive number of foreclosures.

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