Of course they are playing games. It's another way of saying inflate, devalue and repudiate the debt meaning refuse to acknowledge the debt which means if you invested in T Bills or something more near and dear like a retirement fund you are so royally screwed.

Still want to vote for the Government Party? Either half? Still like the greater or lesser of evils?

TANSTAAFL! Someone has to pay and i this system it's retirees and old folks.

One possibility is zero interest rate T Bills. People parking their money for three weeks or so while waiting somewhere else to develop. Why? If the bank folds it's $250,000.00 maximum. If the inflation rate goes up and you lose 30% buying power you still have 70% of the total. For people like Ted Turner, George Soros, and the other heavy hitters it's preferable to lose some than all. As was explained to me the government only needs to crank up the printing press or int his case issue a pay off equal to the amount of the deposit electronically. But they got to count the value for the time period at one hundred percent. When you think about it it makes sense. The other way is to buy foreign currency with the money physically transferred offshore. If it's tax paid or it's certain kinds of investments theres loopholes that allow this. For example in 2006 a 100 thousand dollar purchase of Australian currency would give you. $125,000 Australian. After the US went bankrupt in 2008 (I call it what it is) Australian went par. At some point buy back to US Currency $125,000 US but keep it in the Australian account. This does two things besides keep it safe from Sam. It covers the 30% loss of buying power or whatever it was.So there's a lot less loss. The account itself stays the same though since a. any profit is subject to Aussie tax and then US tax. no profit no tax. It used to be a real estate swap loophole but it still I think can be just a currency swap of sorts. I get a bit fuzzy on this part. Your money is in an Australian Account and is used as collateral for a loan which is invested in something profitable. Let's suppose for argument a chain of espresso shop franchises. Usually major cash cows. Pay off the loan the collateral is freed up at zero percent earnings. but you own a number of store fronts espresso shops. That is handled separately by their version of an LLC. At present the Oz dollar is once again arouond eighty cents us. the account shows one hundred thousand US Dollars. No pain no foul. if you wish to move it again. But there is a position in the other investment.and an additional $25,000 to put into another franchise. Again shoe no profit. just keep purchasing franchises until there is enough the Australian bite doesn't hurt. if you are so inclined and made enough purchase instant citizenship. Available in most countries for around a million dollars. If not the offshore LLC is churning out investable income a re-invested. in whatever. That's the bare bones of it and the rules change to suit the heavy hitters but if you can find out what loophole is opening next which any friend of any congressional can do... etc. I didn't do a good job on this but for those who understand this sort of finance including the sweetheart deals with congress - like retirement homes in Ireland have at it.

Remember what they say and what it really means is always two different things. No homeowner lost his house from the housing crash only home buyers and those with big time mortgages. Government never shuts down no matter how much they threaten it's a big time fib. they never cut spending only the amount requested for the next budget. Figures can lie and liars can figure and the gullible pay the freight.

The debt continues to increase as we speak:
http://www.usdebtclock.org/