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Old 01-30-2006, 10:34 PM   #28 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by alpha phi
When we go into default can those "foreign investors, banks, insurance companies, and others" call in their loan to be paid in full?

Well, technically yes. They can't FORCE us to pay (we do, after all, have something the average bankruptcy filer does not, namely an army), but as confidence in the dollar drops worldwide they can stop lending us any MORE money. That could lead to all sorts of economic troubles for us.
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