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Re:Love it or hate it, truckers say they can’t stop listenin... by MarkMc on Tuesday August 22, 2017 @09:11AM (#15071992)
Why is paying off debt so important when long-term interest rates are so low? For example, the yield on 30-year Treasury Inflation Protected Securities is currently 0.92%. If the government sold these bonds to invest in long-term infrastructure projects, wouldn't that boost the economy enough to outweigh the increase in debt?

https://www.bloomberg.com/markets/rates-bonds/government-bon...

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Re:Love it or hate it, truckers say they can’t stop listenin... by benjohnson on Tuesday August 22, 2017 @12:53PM (#15074195)
Government debt is a burden on the next generation - in that light, some consider it immoral.
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Re:Love it or hate it, truckers say they can’t stop listenin... by brianwawok on Tuesday August 22, 2017 @01:06PM (#15074336)
Cool, so let's pull out of all wars and use that money to repay the debt. Win/win, right?
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Re:Love it or hate it, truckers say they can’t stop listenin... by Clubber on Tuesday August 22, 2017 @05:16PM (#15076471)
I'm fine with that and not policing the world. Money wasted.
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Re:Love it or hate it, truckers say they can’t stop listenin... by MarkMc on Wednesday August 23, 2017 @08:41AM (#15080999)
Is it necessarily a burden to have debt if it is coupled with infrastructure assets? Don't you need to quantify the debt relative to the assets in order to say whether it's a burden or benefit?
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