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And the Federal Reserve recently surpassed China as the largest buyer of US Debt. China has stopped buying as much as the US government will print.

Well, there's your problem.



The Fed may have surpassed China as the largest buyer of debt, but it may not be the largest holder. Where do you think all the money in the Social Security trust fund went, eh?

Hint: It's somewhere in the blue part of the pie ;-)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_public_debt#Estim...




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