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by huijzer 85 days ago
Not a nice timing by the treasury to post this at the same time that many companies fire employees, war is going on, and fuel is running out. Everything is piling up it seems
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The good news is that a currency issuer cannot become insolvent. This is literally just semantic libertarian scare propaganda. I strongly urge you to watch Stephanie Kelton's interview on The Daily Show a few years back to calm your mind a bit.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JpZZcD8C4M

Meanwhile, let's step back a bit... if we pretend that the US is insolvent - a repo man is going to come take it away with a big truck - do you really think that the US treasury is structured in a way that allows them to hold back something that significant because the national mood is anxious and they don't want to make people feel extra sad on a Monday? Seriously: wth.

When other countries historically went insolvent they too pretended it meant nothing.
I would be genuinely interested in discussing MMT with you in good faith.