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To: TimF who wrote (793020)7/2/2014 5:55:10 AM
From: koan  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1578444
 
<<The bonds are held by the government, and at the same time they are a debt of the government. No default is needed for them to be a meaningless asset. If you lend money to yourself your promise to pay yourself is not actually a store of value for you, even if you consistently make the payments.>>

What is important is that our government has been taking care of people in great need for almost a hundred years now.

And that is how one judges a society!

Does it take care of its citizens?