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Once our country is fully engulfed in a debt crisis, our economy will be torn apart, and every American will be a victim of the federal government's failure to prevent this disaster.

We can't bankrupt Exxon. But we can politically and morally bankrupt them.

The Republicans in the House and the Bush administration are bankrupting this country.

Our current energy policy is bankrupt.

The country - or the government - is headed for bankruptcy. So we're going to be continuing to speak out against corporate welfare as something that hurts everybody except those direct beneficiaries.

I think what's important to understand is if the United States hits the debt ceiling and is unable to pay its debts, the consequences will be immediate and dramatic.

The truth is we need to build an economy going forward with all of us, when we all move forward and the payment of a national debt is not the responsibility of one group of Americans versus another.

I think at the end of the day we have to raise the debt ceiling, because America pays its bills.

This accumulated debt at all levels of our society poses an immediate existential threat to America. Now unlike the manufactured crises of global warming and healthcare, this is a true crisis. This crisis threatens the very sovereignty of our country.

Obamacare won't just bankrupt the country. It may bankrupt small businesses. It may bankrupt individuals.