WASHINGTON (AP) -- If the government can't pay all its bills come Wednesday, odds are it will pay bondholders. Social Security and Medicare recipients will be high on the must-pay list, too. Likely losers: federal workers in jobs deemed non-essential, private contractors and state and local governments....
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By TOM RAUM, Associated Press: Nation
Fri, 07/29/2011 - 12:58pm
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