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Re:U.S. Weighs Selling 50- and 100-Year Bonds After Yields P... by anticensor on Sunday August 18, 2019 @03:38AM (#20728793)
Surplus is not needed as you could print Treasury "banknotes".
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Re:U.S. Weighs Selling 50- and 100-Year Bonds After Yields P... by Retric on Sunday August 18, 2019 @05:42AM (#20729242)
Printing money is just another tax, this time on people holding your currency.
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Re:U.S. Weighs Selling 50- and 100-Year Bonds After Yields P... by usefulcat on Sunday August 18, 2019 @03:31PM (#20732289)
Yes. The notes you refer to are exactly what I was referring to when I used the word "debt".
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