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To: seowulf
Of course the dollar is pegged...to debt.

No it isn't.

Here is how it can be devalued: the government says all bonds issued before date x must be traded in for a new series issued date y with a couple of zeros chopped off the coupon. Bonds not traded in become valueless.

Since all Treasury bonds are electronic now, that would be very simple.

But that would be defaulting on the debt, not devaluing the currency.

81 posted on 10/27/2013 4:54:44 PM PDT by Toddsterpatriot (Science is hard. Harder if you're stupid.)
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To: Toddsterpatriot
But that would be defaulting on the debt, not devaluing the currency

It wouldn't be defaulting on the debt. It would be repaying the debt with a devalued currency. Paid in full.

IIRC Turkey actually did revalue their currency the same way a number of years ago. Recall issued currency and replace it with smaller denominated currency.

82 posted on 10/27/2013 4:59:10 PM PDT by seowulf ("If you write a whole line of zeroes, it's still---nothing"...Kira Alexandrovna Argounova)
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