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Originally Posted by Hog1
My analytical skills are suggesting that if ythe host nation writes a check for this........it bounces.....and maybe the U.S as well?
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Well we are currently printing 800 billion more dollars to increase our monitized debt to 2.5 trillion-ish. So that 200 million (or what ever it is) a day will actually be more like 160 million in today's dollar.
Ben Bernanke (who im usually in agreement with,and a overall fan of) said it best:
"The U.S. government has a technology, called a printing press, that allows it to produce as many U.S. dollars as it wishes at essentially no cost."
Bernanke Playbook Gives Hints on Fed's Next Moves: Mark Gilbert - Bloomberg