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Re:Who Owns the US National Debt? by tsjq on Wednesday September 08, 2021 @01:09AM (#28453280)
yes. that is like QE at microeconomics level. nudges people to take on more debt .
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Re:Who Owns the US National Debt? by randomopining on Wednesday September 08, 2021 @09:40AM (#28456782)
What I don't understand about those, is like... you can basically just make the "minimum payment" for 12 months straight? So if you spend 15k in that timeframe, you basically free up 15k in capital that can be invested? It's like a 0% loan.
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