Subject: Re: Debt
AlphaDog,

It seems you really don't have an understanding of how big time finance works. Nor do I really, but you should realize that if you are owed $8 Trillion in debt by a counter party, the LAST THING IN THE WORLD you want to do is anything which might risk lessening the value of the debt you hold.

So, the creditor nations are actually partners with the United States in terms of the value of the U.S.'s debt instruments which are held by these creditors. They are counterparties but neither side has anything to gain about diminishing the value of these debt instruments.