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To: TimF who wrote (262399)4/23/2008 10:12:51 PM
From: geode00  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 281500
 
At this moment in time, US Treasuries are risk free for all practical purposes. Certainly the country could implode financially but, in that case, what will anything else be worth?

In that situation, the deed on your home, the money in your bank account could all go poof as well since who will be around to protect them.