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by skhunted 817 days ago
You don’t understand how these things work. The FED conducts auctions for securities that entities purchase. Without entities buying the securities there would be no money for the government to borrow.
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except the biggest buyer is our own social security fund
Biggest single buyer. It’s an investment that SS makes. They could instead buy securities of other governments but U.S. securities have been the safest to purchase. Without SS do you think the U.S. would not be able to borrow as much as it does?