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Old 04-02-2020, 09:31 PM   #19 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by serialk11r View Post
I agree strongly with the rest of your post, but I don't think this part is working out the way you think it is. The economic damage is worse than the pension money saved, and the government printing money to pay for the bailouts does inflate away some of the federal financial obligations, but that was going to happen anyways.
Good point. I expect the economic fallout will be much worse than the gains.
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