When I grew up I was taught about the miracle of compound interest. The new generation will have to be taught about the anti-miracle of compound negative interest.https://twitter.com/maxkeiser/status/1155501079758626816 …
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Replying to @NickSzabo4
Or they could just do the responsible thing and cut all spending, use all tax revenue to pay down the national debt, and then raise rates to normal 4-5%. SO EASY, why the fuck don't they get it?
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Replying to @CRYPT0N1TE
Not at all easy, alas. For starters there are tends of trillions of dollars of government union and contractor funds that would be brought to bear to oppose it.
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Replying to @NickSzabo4
True, but anyone with a brain would do the math before unrecoverable Zimbabwe/Venezuela situation. No one wants cuts, no one wants to cut off their gangrene toe, but in the end they DO it, because it is the best choice.
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It's not one brain, it's hundreds of millions of competing selfish brains.
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