Wouldn't a massive default, a chapter 11 bankruptcy, be the best way to fix the economy?

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Janey Profile
Janey answered
Yep as it's the least obnoxious solution to America's problems.The real cause of the economic slump is the massive debt.American households today owe £13 trillion - an amount that has X4 in a generation.Take the company through CH.11, the creditors fess up their mistakes, face their losses and they fix it.They write down the loans and take the equity instead.The balance sheet is cleaned up and the company starts again.
Arthur Wright Profile
Arthur Wright answered
And who exactly would be defaulting to here?  We default on our bailout loan from China and the US no longer exists, unless the whole world defaults and starts all over
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Joseph Michael Wasik
Good thought, Arthur, We should have defaulted years ago before it became too critical, before all the massive borrowing began. The government has been borrowng for years before Obama really started on his insane band wagon of borrowing
Arthur Wright
Arthur Wright commented
I know, Obama and Clinton have put the US in a very extremely dangerous position with this bailout from China with no room for any mistake at all. Just not sure what Obama or Clinton had to gain here putting this default clause into that agreement
Duane Bryant Profile
Duane Bryant answered
We tried that once about 88 year ago.  Didn't that work out fine?

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