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mediaman007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 12:07 PM Original message |
Does the United States borrow the money or just print it? |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
1. Just print it, I think |
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DemocratInSoCal (402 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
2. HELICOPTER BEN To The Rescue!!! nt |
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enid602 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
3. both |
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Tempest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
4. Both |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 10:09 PM Response to Reply #4 |
15. Inflation is in double digits. |
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Celebration (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
5. Well, physically money has to be printed of course |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-05-08 05:35 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. don't forget the $9.2 trillion debt we owe to China, Japan & the Mideast oil sheiks |
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Gman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
6. I don't think we know for sure because |
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DemocratInSoCal (402 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 01:57 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. M3 Stopped Getting Published nt |
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Clear Blue Sky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
7. All of the above. |
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A HERETIC I AM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 02:17 PM Response to Original message |
9. Why do you think no country would think of loaning us cash? |
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mediaman007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 03:14 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Thanks for the reasoned reply. I wanted a little more information, |
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A HERETIC I AM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 03:30 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. The "rebate" is essentially a tax cut for this year |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 12:49 AM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Yeah, they don't print money like wallpaper |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 10:10 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Thank you for some sanity here. |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 11:12 AM Response to Original message |
14. They Borrow Money by Issuing T-Bills |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-09-08 12:18 AM Response to Reply #14 |
18. That assumes that there is a market for the T Bills |
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gravity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-09-08 01:01 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. T bills are the safest investing instruments in the world |
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notesdev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-09-08 09:22 PM Response to Reply #19 |
25. are currently perceived to be |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-09-08 02:26 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Well, That is How the United States DOES Borrow Money |
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A HERETIC I AM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-09-08 06:48 AM Response to Reply #18 |
21. "This video explains a LOT" |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-09-08 01:50 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Well here's a statement regarding inflation from a site that wants to sell people stock |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-09-08 12:27 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. Regardless of the supposed "security" of the T BIlls |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-18-08 02:46 AM Response to Reply #22 |
26. Not to nitpick or anything, but |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 10:31 PM Response to Original message |
17. And so the transfer of the wealth continues unabated |
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notesdev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-09-08 09:14 PM Response to Original message |
24. Money and currency are NOT the same thing |
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