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October 15, 2008

Faber: U.S. government will eventually go bankrupt

Asian-based financier Marc Faber, true to the title of his Gloom, Boom and Doom report, says this to the Australian Broadcasting Corp. Sorry to be so negative today, but the bailout's wake is bringing out the naysayers.

Obviously, if the [U.S.] Government bails out the entire system, the credit of the Government diminishes and in my opinion Treasury bonds in the US should already be rated as junk bonds. I'm sure the US Government will eventually go bankrupt. Maybe not tomorrow, but as far as the eye can see, we will have deficits in the US Government, deficits of more than $1 trillion annually.
Posted by Jay Hancock at 3:07 PM | | Comments (3)
        

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Jay, if our government were a person I believe they would have to reinstate debtors prison and throw away the key.

This has been my worry for some time.

This has been my worry for some time.

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About Jay Hancock
Jay Hancock has been a financial columnist for The Baltimore Sun since 2001. He has also been The Baltimore Sun's diplomatic correspondent in Washington and its chief economics writer. Before moving to Baltimore in 1994 he worked for The Virginian-Pilot of Norfolk and The Daily Press of Newport News.

His columns appear Tuesdays and Sundays.
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