we'll be falling out of debt that leave self-inflicted wounds that risk the market tanking and wiping out retirement savings and costing jobs. defaulting on the debt, which secretary yellen said could happen at any day after october 18th when we run out of money means that social security benefits will stop. salaries to service members will stop. benefits to veterans will stop, and much more. the failure to raise the debt limit will undermine the safety of the united states treasury securities, threaten reserve status of the dollar as the world currency that the world relies on, downgrade america's credit rating and result in a rise in interest rates for families talking about mortgages, auto loans, credit cards. my friends, and they are many of my friends, the senate republicans' position i find to