U.S. Default: It's Not If But When

Discussion in 'Economics' started by schizo, Sep 30, 2021.

When do you believe the U.S.A. will default?

Poll closed Oct 30, 2021.
  1. 1) Within 12 months.

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  2. 2) Within 5 years.

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  3. 3) Within 10 years.

    3 vote(s)
    11.1%
  4. 4) Never.

    18 vote(s)
    66.7%
  5. 5) Not before we nuke China first, who hold most of our debt.

    6 vote(s)
    22.2%
  1. schizo

    schizo

    For the first time, the debate over the possibility of the U.S. defaulting on its loan is floating in the media in earnest. The Congress has raised the debt ceiling for like, uhmm, more than I care to count and it appears they won't stop any time soon. The point is that the debt is so astronomical at this point, nobody believes it can ever be paid back. It will take multi-generation to pay off the debt, if ever. Seriously, didn't all great empires of the past collapsed alike due to debt crisis? Why are we repeating the past?
     
  2. Overnight

    Overnight

    You forgot an option in your poll.... Oct 18th 2021. Therefore I cannot vote in it.
     
  3. Has the USA ever defaulted before?
     
  4. Overnight

    Overnight

    No.

    And then I heard that fuckmonger Pelosi come out with some shit-digger nonsense about how a section of the Constitution talked about the "full faith and credit of the US". I was floored. It's like, well, BITCHLIPS, since you are supposed to uphold the constitution as part of your oath of office, STOP PLAYING POLITICAL GAMES WITH THE SHITFUCKS IN THE SENATE! DO YOUR JOB AND PROTECT OUR COUNTRY FROM FINANCIAL COLLAPSE YOU CUNT!

    I do not like her, and all of her ilk.
     
    Last edited: Oct 1, 2021
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  5. Relentless

    Relentless

    Special place in hell for this one.
     
  6. Real Money

    Real Money

    Out of control deficit spending is like default. If we didn't have all our allied banks doing same we would already be in trouble.

    BOJ, ECB, RBA, et al. are working with us on this. :)
     
  7. maxinger

    maxinger

    empire / superpower come and go


    Persian empire
    Han dynasty
    Umayyad Caliphate
    Mongol empire
    Ottoman Empire
    Spanish empire
    Russian empire
    British empire
    US superpower
    next China superpower?
     
  8. JSOP

    JSOP

    You don't like her either huh? Yeah she's a fake.
     
  9. JSOP

    JSOP

    If they can find enough electricity to run the country first?
     
  10. VicBee

    VicBee

    Yap, yap, yap.. except whenever there's a suggestion of cutting military spending by a few % suddenly I can hear the flies fly, or is it the dogs barking?
    Cut the US military budget by 20% for 10 years and put some teeth into the IRS ability to go after bs loopholes of corporations and billionaires and we should be well our our way to be deficit free in 10 years time.
     
    #10     Oct 1, 2021
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