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by whimsicalism 1687 days ago
The United States government defaulting on any amount of its debt would be really really really stupid policy.

> Because transfer of wealth from US investors to China harms US interests, the US government exists to serve US interests and part of that is standing up for their nationals in international trade.

I am not convinced apriori that this is the case, and don't feel comfortable having politicians who definitely have no clue whether that is the case making the calls.

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> The United States government defaulting on any amount of its debt would be really really really stupid policy.

Also arguably unconstitutional

>Also arguably unconstitutional

Umm how?