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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFuck debt. It's nonsense.
Seriously, it means nothing. All that matters is servicing the debt charge.
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Fuck debt. It's nonsense. (Original Post)
Recursion
Oct 2013
OP
Playing chicken with government shutdowns and debt ceilings may do the trick
muriel_volestrangler
Oct 2013
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jakeXT
(10,575 posts)1. So it's ZIRP and QE /nt
Nuclear Unicorn
(19,497 posts)2. But debt service will eventually outpace tax receipts.
dipsydoodle
(42,239 posts)3. You have however got used to low interest rates.
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Recursion
(56,582 posts)4. True. So have the lenders
Do you have something to shake them awake?
muriel_volestrangler
(101,347 posts)5. Playing chicken with government shutdowns and debt ceilings may do the trick
We've had the official Chinese news agencies running editorials calling for a new look at a world default currency, for instance.
samsingh
(17,600 posts)6. agreed - repugs want us to cut the debt so their friends can spend
like the drunken sailors Reagan used to talk about (he racked up debt like no one else until the bushes came along).
repugs want to spend and give the bill to the poor and middle class.