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Old 02-02-2010, 10:05 PM  
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Also didn't catch one other flaw in that. The amount of dollars in circulation is exactly the amount of national debt. Hence the term "debt note" which makes us debt slaves.
Actually dude, that's not entirely accurate. The national debt far exceeds the amount of dollars in circulation, that is if we also count medicare/medicaid/social security, etc.. And i'm not sure that's counting the treasury securities that are held in foreign vaults.
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