Remember Obama threatening people that their Social Security checks wouldn't go out? Yeah, turns out that wasn't true. Treasury will have discretion on what not to spend. SS checks could be low on the list, but they wont because that is max political leverage for the administration, whcih doesnt care about average people.
Hitting the debt limit: What bills would be paid? - Yahoo! News
Hitting the debt limit: What bills would be paid? - Yahoo! News