Us national debt is a myth

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not from the us, but this was interesting. guy brings forward some pretty understandable concepts

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US begins

US needs $10 because it has no money

US borrows $10 from Federal Reserve

Federal Reserve has interest rate of 7%

US needs more money to pay off Federal Reserve

US borrows $10 more dollars
 
I haven't slept yet so pardon me if I didn't fully understand this guy

But did he honestly say we have nothing to worry about since our currency is denominated with the US dollar because we can make more money to pay it off? Did he take basic economics?

He might be right about it not effecting the interest rates as much as people claim but does this guy know inflation is a thing?
 
Uh inflation??... Germany tried to do the same thing in the 1920's and folks ended up needing wheelbarrows of cash to pay for a loaf of bread.

Furthermore his point is only slightly valid as long as the world continues to adopt the USD as the commercial standard. If they keep printing money to cover debt (which they sort of are now) This will quickly change and other nations will adopt other standards. (not easy to do but its concievable)

Interesting aside: Gas and petroleum products are incredibly cheap in the USA- moreso than anywhere else in the world. This is for a related reason as the price of a barrel of oil is standardized off of the USD which the USA can freely print. If this changes and nations stop adopting this standardized price mechanism and replace it with something else the price of oil in the States will nearly double and every product based off oil or oil refining will skyrocket in cost. Imagine the cost of living then- people wil riot.
 
haha you guys can discuss american debt...Im just gonna be off to the side laughing my ass off at some mad beatboxing skills
 
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