mortgage if this persusts. . >> saying my insurance premium is $600, my son's insulin and pump are additional $600per quarter. barely making it. now i'll be going to work paid in the future. >> i spent the day calling the banks for the mortgage, gas comp an, credit card comp an. i'll be okay for a bit. won't be buying the new car to replace the 17-year-old toyota now. >> got things for christmas i'm not unpacking and receipts are in my purse if needed for grocery money. >> national president of the national treasury employees union. >> this was in the "daily harold" of chicago.