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Now, it’s Treasury that’s pulling cash from its retirement plan to pay bills

retirement, debt ceiling, Geithner Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner: Do as I say, not as I do.

Move to suspend investments will give the government about $156B in breathing room.

Regular investors aren't the only ones who pull cash from their retirement savings to pay for today's expenses.
The Treasury Department has announced that it will suspend investment of the federal employee pension fund so that it can avoid breaching the statutory debt limit.
In a Jan. 15 letter t

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