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To: The Philosopher who wrote (142)11/7/2002 6:06:12 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 7936
 
The difference is the government actually does have the money. Instead of just making a paper (or Quicken) entry a better analogy would be if I had the $5mil, and then loaned it to myself (from one account to another) then spent it out of the second account while planning to retire because of the $5mil worth of assets in the first account (IOUs from the 2nd).

Tim