Who is buying U.S. debt?

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why, the US is buying US debt, of course.  i&#x27;m no economist, but something seems a little off here.

ClubDirt · Answer

why, the US is buying US debt, of course.  i&#x27;m no economist, but something seems a little off here.

runlagos · Answer

China is selling it off at .20 to the dollar

drJ · Answer

It is very off and one giant scam.  Our country living beyond its means with entitlements, wars, and overall economic stupidity and its benefiting the note holders quite well.....for now.

promark12 · Answer

The s*** will hit the fan sooner than we think.

rooster010 · Answer

the writing has been on the wall

be easy · Answer

Is this new news? As some of us posted on this board when Quantum Easing 1 was being bandied about by the pols, IT_Never_Ends.

I've come to accept it like this, what else do you expect these folk to do. This is merely reactionary survival. Only part in your control is adjusting accordingly. I had bought gold for this reason and then sold it. I bought it again now

ClubDirt · Answer

it&#x27;s not really news but not because it isn&#x27;t news, but because the so-called news outlets would rather report on trayvon martin and things like that.   if gas prices go up 10 cents, it&#x27;s headline news but what is being done to the dollars we use to pay for that gas is irrelevant apparently.

KOAJ · Answer

an interesting article begs more questions for the lay person

where did the Fed get their money? they have none

how do they get money? they print it

why do i pay taxes if the Fed can just print money and buy government debt? because your currency (the USD) is a debt instrument

a debt instrument? yes, the Fed prints dollars and loans them to the US government in the form of Treasuries and they charge interest on the money they printed from nothing to loan to your government so they can spend 50% more than they take in in tax revenue

so why does this whole thing feel like an illegal scam? well it is...you have been robbed as your father and grandfather and great grandfather before you. the banksters have robbed you and the politicians and bureaucrats have intentionally kept you stupid as to not understand nor challenge their 100 year looting of your country

there have been a few in power who have challenged this and they usually wind up dead...McFadden, Lindbergh (see his baby) Kennedy (Bobby and John). others they marginalize and call kooky and extreme

Who is buying U.S. debt?

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