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2016 Postmortem

AverageMe

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1. Or Maybe they really believe this and are doing their best to bring it about

Reply to egbertowillies (Original post)

Tue Jan 15, 2013, 12:28 AM

Jan 2013

If the debt limit is not raised, there is the possibility we will default on our bonds (hard sell politically, reducing SS payments in order to pay foreign bond holders.) If we default, our position as the world's central currency will be lost, and who knows the consequences of that.

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The Right Wing Scam – Legally Stealing From Their Followers And America [View all] egbertowillies Jan 2013 OP

Or Maybe they really believe this and are doing their best to bring it about AverageMe Jan 2013 #1

K&R freshwest Jan 2013 #2

At least when they sell that overpriced stockpile food people tend to eat it after a few years. Sunlei Jan 2013 #3