Comments on: U.S. National Debt has Fallen! http://stein.everybody.org/journal/posts/us-national-debt-has-fallen/ Random thoughts; you know... the usual Fri, 12 Feb 2010 14:30:27 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Jeremy Stein http://stein.everybody.org/journal/posts/us-national-debt-has-fallen/comment-page-1/#comment-16963 Jeremy Stein Fri, 12 Feb 2010 14:30:27 +0000 http://stein.everybody.org/journal/posts/us-national-debt-has-fallen/#comment-16963 Bob, I think it's now fair to say that you were wrong. The Fed has not raised the rates, nor has the dollar significantly risen in value. Bob, I think it’s now fair to say that you were wrong. The Fed has not raised the rates, nor has the dollar significantly risen in value.

]]> By: Bob Aman http://stein.everybody.org/journal/posts/us-national-debt-has-fallen/comment-page-1/#comment-16926 Bob Aman Wed, 13 Feb 2008 20:37:30 +0000 http://stein.everybody.org/journal/posts/us-national-debt-has-fallen/#comment-16926 Yeah, my investments were out of the United States, but since my account is still represented in dollars, I'm still hemorrhaging money in terms of actual value. I'm not really all that worried though. In a year or two, the Fed will raise the rates and the value of the dollar will rise again. Yeah, my investments were out of the United States, but since my account is still represented in dollars, I’m still hemorrhaging money in terms of actual value. I’m not really all that worried though. In a year or two, the Fed will raise the rates and the value of the dollar will rise again.

]]> By: Mark A. hershberger http://stein.everybody.org/journal/posts/us-national-debt-has-fallen/comment-page-1/#comment-16899 Mark A. hershberger Mon, 01 Oct 2007 17:59:31 +0000 http://stein.everybody.org/journal/posts/us-national-debt-has-fallen/#comment-16899 Unless you saw the free fall coming a year ago and moved your investments out of the US. But, unless you're smart enough to make your creditor's people who use different currency than you, your own debt isn't going to be reduced. Unless you saw the free fall coming a year ago and moved your investments out of the US.

But, unless you’re smart enough to make your creditor’s people who use different currency than you, your own debt isn’t going to be reduced.

]]> By: Jeremy http://stein.everybody.org/journal/posts/us-national-debt-has-fallen/comment-page-1/#comment-16898 Jeremy Mon, 01 Oct 2007 15:52:27 +0000 http://stein.everybody.org/journal/posts/us-national-debt-has-fallen/#comment-16898 You might not want to perform this exercise with your own savings and investments. If you weren't smart enough to follow the government's example (spend spend spend!), you may not be happy with the results.<!-- ckey="31A64864" --> You might not want to perform this exercise with your own savings and investments. If you weren’t smart enough to follow the government’s example (spend spend spend!), you may not be happy with the results.

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