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shrike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 05:42 PM Original message |
If the U.S. government goes bankrupt, what happens to i-bonds? |
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grannie4peace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
1. they are lost |
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EmeraldCityGrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 05:47 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. If the country goes belly up we're all screwed. |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
2. I found this....... |
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Stuart G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
3. There is of course, an alternative to bankruptcy ...Raise Taxes.. |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 05:48 PM Response to Original message |
5. The Treasury Could Decide the Conditions |
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whistle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 05:48 PM Response to Original message |
6. Just think U.S. Confederacy Bonds and what they were worth after |
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The_Casual_Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
7. A 70's movie called "Americathon" was about a telethon bailout |
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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 06:03 PM Response to Original message |
8. Remember the government can always print money... |
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shrike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 07:39 PM Response to Original message |
9. I don't like to overreact to things |
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DemReadingDU (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 09:11 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. I have similar concern with Treasury Bills |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 10:22 PM Response to Original message |
10. If you trust the Gov't to pay the debt, keep them |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
12. It's almost impossible for a govt to go "bankrupt." Even Zimbabwe isn't "bankrupt" |
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OllieLotte (495 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-08 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
13. Not worthless, but not worth much either. |
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