“I very much doubt the Fed could stop monetizing the debt without bringing the government to a crashing halt. Are there enough investors to buy all the debt we need to issue if the Fed gets out of the market?”
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How about if they change the laws regarding 401-(k)’s and force us to buy Treasuries with our retirement contributions? The American people get to finance the debt. It will be presented to them as their “patriotic duty”. They receive a ‘guaranteed” 3% and never lose a penny!
Congress could pass a law, president signs it, and it’s done!
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Congress wouldn't dare pass it, and the President wouldn't dare sign it. The law you suggest would also be impossible to implement without violence on a grand scale. It would be the persecution of the Kulaks translated into the Information Age. The modern left just doesn't have the guts to try. The USA is much diminished from its glory days, but it still isn't Argentina.
The currency is being devalued..... inflation.
To save you retirement be sure it is invested in assets that will appreciate in the inflation.
It’s not rocket surgery