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A comment on Ask HN: What would you do with $700 Billion?.

Re:Ask HN: What would you do with $700 Billion? by Jasber on Thursday September 25, 2008 @12:27PM (#314982)
Nation-wide high-speed wireless. Computers for schools. Spend the rest on paying down our debt.
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Re:Ask HN: What would you do with $700 Billion? by jotto on Thursday September 25, 2008 @01:24PM (#315085)
if the 700b came from debt like it is in this situation, you're only delaying the problem
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Re:Ask HN: What would you do with $700 Billion? by Jasber on Thursday September 25, 2008 @04:23PM (#315330)
Good point. Paying down debt with more debt seems strangely counter productive. In this case, paying down debt means not spending the money period.
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