Dean Baker: USA Should Default To Save SS and Medicare

Discussion in 'Economics' started by cstfx, Apr 10, 2011.

  1. TraDaToR

    TraDaToR

    ie. he never had a real job.
     
    #11     Apr 11, 2011
  2. So he is an economist afterall.
     
    #12     Apr 11, 2011
  3. clacy

    clacy

    Obviously this guy is a moron. If we default, how in the hell would we borrow enough money to save SS? The vast majority of our debt is from very recent history (2008-current), and we continue to accumulate massive amounts.

    The only way to keep the ponzi scheme rolling further is to have drastic enough spending and entitlement reform, to squeeze another 30-50 years out of it.

    Regardless, long term it is unsustainable.
     
    #13     Apr 11, 2011
  4. dtan1e

    dtan1e

    :D thats a good one
     
    #14     Apr 11, 2011
  5. You just scratch a few zero's of your notes.

    It's been done a million times by a million countries.
     
    #15     Apr 11, 2011