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Old 08-16-2012, 04:58 PM  
Minte
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Originally Posted by Mutt View Post
it's in nobody's interest, especially creditors', for the worlds biggest economy to go bankrupt. ten years from now the US will still be creating imaginary money and you and thousands of others will still be making threads like this.

it's a Ponzi scheme and it will go on for however long those at the top want it to.
Why would the US succeed where the Soviet Union failed?
They had printing presses. They had magic accounting yet they collapsed because they ultimately spent far more than they were able to repay.
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