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Posted on 4/8/09 at 11:11 pm to
Posted by Gridiron Guru
Lafayette
Member since Nov 2007
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Posted on 4/8/09 at 11:11 pm to
I honestly didn't read any of the exerpts from the previous post or the link, just because it's too late at night to get my BP up. My question is why can't this nutty arse plan of the fed basically swallowing up all the debt & writing it off on their books actually work? It could possibly be financial suicide for them, but after all the hard times they have caused during their existance, shouldn't they be willing to take the hit for the rest of us for once.
Posted by C
Houston
Member since Dec 2007
27843 posts
Posted on 4/8/09 at 11:55 pm to
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fed basically swallowing up all the debt & writing it off on their books actually work? It could possibly be financial suicide for them, but after all the hard times they have caused during their existance, shouldn't they be willing to take the hit for the rest of us for once.


How is the fed taking the hit saving us, The taxpayers?
Posted by Colonel Hapablap
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Posted on 4/9/09 at 7:55 am to
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My question is why can't this nutty arse plan of the fed basically swallowing up all the debt & writing it off on their books actually work?

It's essentially raw printing. Thus far they have not printed enough to counterbalance all of the money that has been destroyed in the delevering/deflation process. And even if they do, it's a very fine line that they're trying to walk. Don't print enough - deflation. Print a little too much - severe inflation.
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