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To: Sun Tzu who wrote (10760)	1/21/2026 3:53:20 PM
From: Kirk ©	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10768

I'm not going to "argue" further as we're really not disagreeing. I just believe there is not a good ALTERNATIVE to US debt. If you want a higher rate of return, you take more risk. Nobody argues that either. The US government seems to be doing all it can to accelerate moving away from the US dollar as a reserve currency with massive debt by trying to be too nice to everyone who wants a handout, which Trump is starting to fix with tariffs and most favored nation status where the US Medicare people get the lowest prices for drugs offered. Why should Medicare and other insurance payments subsidize lower prices in Europe? Those deemed to be less risk, such as Japan and Germany, are probably relying on internal buyers like the Japanese pension fund, to buy the majority of the debt and keep their rates low, ie manipulation. Besides currency risk, there is liquidity where you can raise a lot of cash much quicker without moving the market if there is a large supply and matching demand.