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To: mbarker12474

Well, IIRC, our actual total fiscal exposure is over $600T, $24T of that by the end of this year.

48% of 7-Yr Fed Notes were bought back after a few days recently. That’s a whirlpool if ever there was one.

Ticker guy & Peter Schiff are all over this.

He who controls the debt controls everything.


6 posted on 08/13/2009 7:13:00 PM PDT by combat_boots (The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Fili et Spiritus Sancti.)
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To: combat_boots
"He who controls the debt controls everything."

Actually, you are wrong. There comes a point when the debtor has more leverage. It happens sometimes when banks loan money to a business and then end up making other loans to try to keep the business afloat. At some point the bank has more to lose than the original business. The bank would love to throw in the towel, but the better option becomes to ride it out.

18 posted on 08/13/2009 7:20:14 PM PDT by ItisaReligionofPeace
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To: combat_boots
He who controls the debt controls everything.

If everything collapses, including the legal system that enforces payment of debt, he who controls the debt controls nothing.

In such a situation, power reverts to its original and inherent form: Power grows out of the barrel of a gun.

21 posted on 08/13/2009 7:23:31 PM PDT by Sherman Logan ("The price of freedom is the toleration of imperfections." Thomas Sowell)
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To: combat_boots

>>>He who controls the debt controls everything.

So where is it going to go from here?


29 posted on 08/13/2009 7:47:23 PM PDT by Taffini ( Mr. Pippen and Mr. Waffles do not approve)
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