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Re:Millions Are Hounded for Debt They Don’t Owe. One Victim ... by mikeash on Wednesday December 06, 2017 @01:23PM (#15863495)
The country pays its obligations. When was the last time the US government defaulted on its debt?
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Re:Millions Are Hounded for Debt They Don’t Owe. One Victim ... by lb1lf on Wednesday December 06, 2017 @01:58PM (#15863837)
May 10, 1979.

(Though in fairness they did own up to it shortly after.)

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Re:Millions Are Hounded for Debt They Don’t Owe. One Victim ... by mikeash on Wednesday December 06, 2017 @03:34PM (#15864712)
Neat. And it was (supposedly) a computer-related failure, making it nicely on topic.
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