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Re:Evergrande teeters on edge of default as $148M payment fa... by whimsicalism on Wednesday November 10, 2021 @02:42PM (#29179532)
The United States government defaulting on any amount of its debt would be really really really stupid policy.

> Because transfer of wealth from US investors to China harms US interests, the US government exists to serve US interests and part of that is standing up for their nationals in international trade.

I am not convinced apriori that this is the case, and don't feel comfortable having politicians who definitely have no clue whether that is the case making the calls.

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Re:Evergrande teeters on edge of default as $148M payment fa... by Robotbeat on Thursday November 11, 2021 @02:09AM (#29185271)
> The United States government defaulting on any amount of its debt would be really really really stupid policy.

Also arguably unconstitutional

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Re:Evergrande teeters on edge of default as $148M payment fa... by viro on Thursday November 11, 2021 @01:06PM (#29190988)
>Also arguably unconstitutional

Umm how?

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Re:Evergrande teeters on edge of default as $148M payment fa... by shagie on Thursday November 11, 2021 @04:26PM (#29193403)
The 14th amendment, section 4.

https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay/amdt14_S4_1_1...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourteenth_Amendment_to_the_Un...

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