• ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOPM
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    10 months ago

    Right, as far as public spending goes there isn’t really a problem. They can print to an infinite amount because the debt is in their own currency, and as long as you print the currency, you can print however much you want. There’s never going to be a default because the fed can just create more credit. The government can always pay its debt by simply printing the money.

    The problem for the US economy lies with private debt that is leading to a default. Creditors are tightening their lending which is leading VC funded businesses to crash. Meanwhile, individuals become increasingly unable to service their debts, we’re seeing them being forced to forfeit their property. Private banks that are holding debt also end up with bad debt as a result. This sort of dynamic is precisely what we saw leading up to the 2008 crisis. We’re now seeing similar things happening, but on a much bigger scale.