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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 02:11 PM Original message |
Wipe out debt... it is now becoming a meme |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 02:13 PM Response to Original message |
1. JUBILEE! |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 02:26 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. Yep, they are starting to talk around the edges of it |
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GSLevel9 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 02:13 PM Response to Original message |
2. "some" inflation? lol... I think the inflation we've experienced over the last 3 years is enuff! nt |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 02:19 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. When you wipe debt there is inflation |
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indurancevile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 03:19 PM Response to Reply #6 |
20. huh? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 03:40 PM Response to Reply #20 |
28. It is one of the mechanisms to wipe it |
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indurancevile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 04:04 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. that doesn't mean that "wiping" debt causes inflation. you've got it backwards. |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 03:46 PM Response to Reply #2 |
29. US inflation has averaged 1.04% over the past 3 years |
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GSLevel9 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 05:21 PM Response to Reply #29 |
35. misleading... |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 05:30 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. That's the CPI-U; It includes food and gasoline (nt) |
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Waiting For Everyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 02:15 PM Response to Original message |
3. Ultimately, there is no other choice. |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 02:15 PM Response to Original message |
4. You just made me think of this: They don't want the debt to go away. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 02:22 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Yeah but I will give you a personal example and |
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drm604 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
5. Who's debt are they talking about forgiving? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 02:24 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. He is subbing for Martin Bashir |
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drm604 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 02:30 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. This was on TV? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 02:33 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. They have forgiven partially sovereign debt |
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DearAbby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
11. Financial markets: State of emergency |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 02:35 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. YEs this is global |
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DearAbby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 03:35 PM Response to Reply #13 |
23. They are trying to hold on as long as possible |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 03:37 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. Why the talk is interesting |
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HysteryDiagnosis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 03:04 PM Response to Original message |
14. The people collecting the interest on the debt will not allow it. n/t |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 03:13 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. They will try. They will lose, one way or another. (nt) |
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DearAbby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 03:37 PM Response to Reply #14 |
25. Everthing crashes, what good is Interest? n/t |
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dtexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
15. But the last time the U.S. had its debt wiped out was ... never. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 03:12 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. At this point he was talking of household debts |
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drm604 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 03:30 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. I don't understand how this would work. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 03:36 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. Actually from the way Ezra Klein was putting it |
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drm604 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 04:08 PM Response to Reply #24 |
34. Okay, |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
16. No, no, no. Debt is at the core of their strategy. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 03:14 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Well the problem is that they also need demand |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 03:31 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Yes, there are also political reasons for debt, but my larger point is that |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 03:39 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. The last time that was done was 1929 |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 03:50 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. It is frightening, for sure.... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 04:00 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. The mindset was not different than 1929 |
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indurancevile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 04:06 PM Response to Reply #22 |
33. everyone will owe their soul to the company store. the company store can do that cause |
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