<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, May 17, 2016 at 4:28 PM, Dan TheBookMan <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:danust2012@gmail.com" target="_blank">danust2012@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><span class=""><div><br></div></span><div><br></div><div>What do you think would be likely to happen if the US national debt were repudiated? What are likely good and bad outcomes? Do you think John's sort of meltdown scenario is likely?<br><br></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>### The most prominent outcome in my mind would be the US Govt losing the ability to continue mortgaging our future to feed today's parasites. This would not be bad.</div><div><br></div><div>I could imagine the following: Patriots are, miraculously, elected to high offices in sufficient numbers to effect a repudiation of the national debt. Rather than trying to suck life out of the flesh of our nation to maintain the cancerous growth in Washington, they would rather let the monstrosity wither. They would refuse to increase taxes to cover the expenses, they would slash the budget by 80% and let it go down in (figurative) flames. Repudiating government debt would be like pouring salt all over the (figurative) ruins - a long lasting lesson to creditors that lending to an illegitimate government is not just morally wrong but also a sucker's bet. </div><div><br></div><div>Vote Trump! Screw the debt!</div><div><br></div><div>Rafał</div></div>
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