"They can perform activities of daily living -- the simple things you and I take for granted such as personal hygiene, brushing our teeth, combing our hair, " Lee said.

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For the first time, people who were trapped in the informal economy can steer clear of usurious local moneylenders, save precious time and money, and benefit from the basic financial services that you and I take for granted.

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To those of you disgusted by this, shocked that I take for granted the wonderful gifts I have been afforded, I say shhhh "The Real Housewives" is on.

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But I don't think you would take -- we certainly don't take anything for granted given the fact that this will be the fourth vote on extending unemployment benefits, when if you look, I think, at the past this has tended not to be a confrontational -- or controversial thing to do.

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"I think the most important lesson to be learned is that you just can't take things for granted when you get a warning sign that people's lives could be endangered, " he said.

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