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by peteforde 85 days ago
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.

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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.