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U.S. Treasury Expects to Borrow $4.5 Trillion in Fiscal Year as Stimulus Spending Soars

The U.S. government expects to borrow a record $4.5 trillion this fiscal year as it steps up spending to battle what is likely to be the deepest economic downturn since the Great Depression.

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  • Maternitus (edited 5 years ago)
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    Bigger numbers, lower values.

    Edit: Weimar anyone? I mean: why still using a currency that has it's idea of worth based on 19TH CENTURY TECHNOLOGY (OIL) and the idea that a country with shitloads of debt and in a constant state of wars it starts itself ad infinitum is any trustworthy?

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