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Old 09-15-2010, 02:55 PM  
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Originally Posted by Ethersync View Post
This has been talked about for awhile now. It's not so much confiscation of your 401k, but rather rolling that money into some sort of tax free Treasury Bond retirement account. If the rest of the world stops buying our bonds, and that has been the trend, I would not be surprised if this happens. It would most likely start as an optional program and if that raises enough money it may stay as that.
If and when the rest of the world stops buying our bonds, we'll get hyperinflation and this is the least of our concerns.
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