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fspeech04/03/20251 replyview on HN

That runs against basic financial reality. The treasuries are the basis of all U.S. liquidity. Owning commercial papers or stocks doesn't help as companies own treasuries. Putting deposits in banks won't help either because banks hold treasuries.


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ggm04/03/2025

You've read up on the purported "Mar a lago" accord model? The idea is to threaten a repudiated debt, or agree to convert to long term non interest earning debt alternatives which can't be traded.

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