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Printing more money just devalues the USD more

By printing/borrowing more money to fund the Stimulus Package, we are guaranteeing the demise of an already-devalued USD.  Asian and European investors are already bailing out of buying U.S. Treasuries (the U.S.'s main source of deficit funding), so this plan will do nothing but prolong the pain...

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