seems like we were being harassed on a regular basis. it interrupted our life. we thought, we just wanted them to stop. eventually they couldn t take it anymore and they called kevin hernandez, no relation. the cost benefit they go through twb collection companies go through, you know, we ll violate the law this many times and maybe one or two of these people will seek an attorney, the rest won t and they can recover off of those people who are scared and want to pay the debt just to make the calls stop. we were told they were in violation of federal law and there was some recourse that could be taken to stop the harassment phone calls. when you first get a call from a debt collector, you think, is there a bill i didn t pay and i forget about it. did that ever come across your mind? we know we re very current on our bills and we check our credit scores and there was no credit problem. as soon as i realized that, i thought why am i being harassed
sherman, every american knew that obama was for obamacare when they re-elected him. mitt romney ran against him on it, the public chose president obama knowing he was obamacare and they said yes. that s my point. yours? a majority of democrats voted to be represented in congress by a democrat. it s just due to the gerrymander thag we have a republican majority. americans overwhelmingly say we may we re divided on whether obamacare is good or bad. but we re united in the belief that we should not shut down the government or impair our credit in order to eliminate obamacare. it s one thing to be convinced that we should take a particular course of action on health care. it s another thing to destroy our economy to get what you want or get what your constituents want. actually, brad we took care of the credit problem in the bill we sent to the senate had language in it that said the united states will always play principal and interest on the
congress by a democrat. it s just due to the j gerrymandering. they may say we re divided on obama care is good or bad. but we re united in the belief we should not shut down the government or impair our credit in order to eliminate obama care. it s one thing to be convinced that we should take a particular course of action on health care. it s another thing to destroy our economy in order to get what you want or even get what your constituents want. actually, brad, we took care of the credit problem in the bill we sent to the senate. had language in it that said the united states will always pay principal and interest on the debt. and the senate stripped that language out. we re committed to protecting the full faith and credit of the united states as you know, brad. could you imagine going back to your district saying we paid china and we re not paying social security recipients. actually, social security,
have $500 billion it s about the bond market. the bond market is a funny thing. so far the markets have not been reacting to any of this. bond markets haven t been reacting. at some point, the bond market is a funny thing, interest rates skyrocket. hasn t this warning been out there bernanke is out there saying we re going to keep rates low a long time. as soon as people figure out we have a credit problem, rates goes higher and interest is higher. talked to aol about america s place in the world. it does factor in in terms of what america is actually capable of doing and around the prospect of meaningful debt reduction, which i don t really see happening this year. you re right. here is steve case. it s not helpful to the economy. it s not helpful in terms of building confidence. not just about business in this country but people all around the world, global marketplace, investment. people puzzled the united states is not able to deal with some of these issues.
the bond market is a funny thing. so far the markets have not been reacting to any of this. bond markets haven t been reacting. at some point, the bond market is a funny thing, interest rates skyrocket. hasn t this warning been out there bernanke is out there saying we re going to keep rates low a long time. as soon as people figure out we have a credit problem, rates goes higher and interest is higher. talked to aol about america s place in the world. it does factor in in terms of what america is actually capable of doing and around the prospect of meaningful debt reduction, which i don t really see happening this year. you re right. here is steve case. it s not helpful to the economy. it s not helpful in terms of building confidence. not just about business in this country but people all around the world, global marketplace, investment. people puzzled the united states is not able to deal with some of these issues. there s some near term challenges that need to be d