Originally Posted By: Black Bart
Why the hell should we as a country worry about borrowing money.

Hell, let's just print more of our own worthless muny as we have been doing for years and get ready for WW III.


Well, hyperinflation is one good reason. And since we are no longer on the gold standard the value of U.S. money is directly tied to confidence in our economy to include paying off our debts (or at least servicing its interest obligations).
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